Justice Center News

SAKI research faces facing each other, in the shape of butterfly wings Read More

Dr. Johnson seeks participants for study to improve sexual assault reporting system

 |  Melissa Green  | 

KTVA Channel 11 News in Anchorage and the Anchorage Press reported this week on the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) research study being conducted by Dr. Ingrid Johnson of the UAA Justice Center.

A man is being arrested by a police officer Read More

AJiC Fact Sheet on property crime focuses on motor vehicle theft

 |  Melissa Green  |  ,

The January 2019 issue of the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Justice Information Center Fact Sheet, "Property Crime in ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ 1985–2017," describes ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ property crime trends from 1985 through 2017, with a focus on motor vehicle theft rate trends.

Jeffrey Jessee on campus Read More

How UAA’s Justice Information Center is using data to help policymakers

 |  Catalina Myers  |  ,

Former Governor Sean Parnell was launching his Choose Respect Initiative, a campaign to end the epidemic of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse in the state. His administration tapped the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥'s Justice Center to help provide research and data to measure the effectiveness of the campaign.

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The importance of "time" in analysis

 |  Brad Myrstol  | 

This short video is intended to help everyday people interpret basic crime statistics.

A prisoner in his cell emotionally reading a letter Read More

Mental Health Care Among Juvenile and Adult Correctional Populations

 |  Melissa Green  | 

A panel of officials from the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Department of Corrections (DOC) and the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) discussed how ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ tackles the job of providing mental health care to juvenile and adult correctional populations. Nationally, more than half of prison and jail inmates have mental health problems, and probation/parole departments provide essential mental health services to their clients.