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ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ property crimes decline over long term, but violent crime rates remains ‘exceptionally’ high

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UAA Justice Center Chair Brad Myrstol shares data from the UAA ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Justice Information Center with the House Judiciary Committee.

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Fighting Crime By Design

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UAA Justice Center Professor, Sharon Chamard provides expertise on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), emphasizing the importance of design elements like natural surveillance, access control, and maintenance in creating safer communities.

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ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ lawmakers aim to expand eligibility for scholarships

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UAA’s ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Justice Information Center researcher, Rus’sel Sampson is quoted in an ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Beacon article about merit-based ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Performance Scholarships.

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ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ study links domestic violence to poor health outcomes

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The ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Victimization Survey (AVS) released a new report about the health of women who have experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Physical violence is a part of IPV, but it also includes things like controlling behaviors, threats of harm, and inflicting harm against people and things an intimate partner cares about. Dr. Ingrid Johnson with AVS told the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Beacon these sorts of behaviors can have a lasting impact.

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New statewide data tells mixed story about crime in ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥

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This year's annual Crime in ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ report was recently released. Brad Myrstol, Justice Center Professor and ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Justice Information Center Director, discussed the data compiled from police agencies across the state with Anchorage Daily News.