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Collateral Consequences and Reentry in Alaska: An Update

Deborah Periman

This article describes recent efforts at the national level to ameliorate the public costs of unnecessary collateral consequences, summarizes the array of statutory and regulatory impediments faced by released offenders in Alaska, and highlights legislative efforts in Alaska to improve community safety and public health by facilitating prisoner reintegration and reducing rates of recidivism.
Employment Barriers and Domestic Violence

Deborah Periman

Research has found the link between perpetrator unemployment and domestic violence to be so significant that experts conclude any effective domestic violence prevention strategy must address unemployment and male poverty.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 30, No. 3-4 (Fall 2013 / Winter 2014)

Deborah Periman and N/A UAA Justice Center

The Fall 2013/Winter 2014 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents articles on offender reentry and the collateral consequences of criminal conviction, the relationship between unemployment and domestic violence, and prison visitation policies. The issue also includes faculty and staff news, and a memorial to retired Justice Center faculty member Dr. Nancy E. Schafer, who died in September 2013.
Alaska Prisoner Reentry Task Force Update

UAA Justice Center

The Alaska Prisoner Reentry Task Force, a subcommittee of the Alaska Criminal Justice Working Group (CJWG), focuses on promoting the goal that individuals released from incarceration do not return to custody. This article presents an update on progress on Alaska's Five-Year Prisoner Reentry Strategic Plan, 2011–2016, which was released by Task Force in February 2011.
In Memoriam [Nancy E. Schafer]

UAA Justice Center

Dr. Nancy E. Schafer, a member of the Justice Center faculty from 1983 to 2002, died in September 2013 after an illness. Research publications and papers by Dr. Schafer can be viewed at the Justice Center website.
Prison Visitation Policies in the U.S. And Alaska

UAA Justice Center

This article examines prison visitation in Alaska and nationally based on a 2012 survey of prison visitation policies for all 50 states and in the federal prison system.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer 2013)

Marny Rivera, Shirley Coté, Sharon Chamard, Melissa S. Green, and Teresa W. Carns

The Summer 2013 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum includes articles on reducing sales of alcohol to underage persons, leading causes of death including homicide and suicide, experience of racism in Anchorage, selection and evaluation of Alaska judges since 1984, and an update from the Criminal Justice Working Group.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 2013)

André B. Rosay, Marny Rivera, Dean Williams, Carol Comeau, William D. Hitchcock, and Barbara Armstrong

The Spring 2013 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum is devoted primarily to issues related to school discipline and the juvenile justice system, and features three articles on "zero tolerance" policies by Dean Williams, who was the Superintendent of the McLaughlin Youth Center; Carol Comeau, who was the Superintendent of the Anchorage School District; and William Hitchcock, who was the Master of the Anchorage Children’s Court. Background is provided through an examination of recent data on juvenile delinquency and school suspensions and expulsions for Alaska. A fifth article describes StepUp, a diversion program for expelled or long-term suspended students which has operated for the past four years in the Anchorage School District. The issue also includes updates on Alaska Victimization Survey data releases, faculty and staff news, and a memorial to retired Justice Center faculty member Dr. Lawrence C. Trostle, who died in May 2013.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 29, No. 3-4 (Fall 2012 / Winter 2013)

Brian Jarrett and N/A UAA Justice Center

The Fall 2012/Winter 2013 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents articles on different approaches to mediation, Alaska and U.S. correctional populations in 2011, and an update on the work of the Alaska Prisoner Reentry Task Force.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 2012)

Brad A. Myrstol, Cory R. Lepage, and Barbara Armstrong

The Summer 2012 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on public perceptions of judicial fairness in Alaska criminal courts, an initiative to improve the system of in-state community-based treatment for youth and children with severe emotional disturbances and challenging behaviors, and an update on the work of the Criminal Justice Working Group.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 28, No. 4 – Vol. 29 No. 1 (Winter 2012 / Spring 2012)

Sharon Chamard, André B. Rosay, and Barbara Armstrong

The Winter/Spring 2012 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on self-protective behaviors that people engage in to feel safe in their homes, key indicators affecting domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska, results of an Alaska Judicial Council study of offender recidivism in Alaska, and predicting recidism among Alaska youth offenders.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 28, No. 2-3 (Summer / Fall 2011)

Antonia Moras and N/A Bureau of Justice Statistics

The Summer/Fall 2011 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on immigration in Alaska, a pilot project for Anchorage probation violators, Alaska's five-year plan for offender reentry, and the impact of Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs) in violence against women cases.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 2011)

Brad A. Myrstol and N/A UAA Justice Center

The Spring 2011 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on Anchorage residents' perceptions of Anchorage Police Department, Internet crime in the U.S. and Alaska, and Internet crimes against children.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Winter 2011)

Deborah Periman, Khristy Parker, and Shea Daniels

The Winter 2011 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act designed to facilitate offender reentry throughout the United States; the Fairbanks gang assessment — the first structured study of gang activity in Alaska; and a summary of a Bureau of Justice Statistics report on law enforcementn agencies with special gang crime units.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Summer 2010)

Barbara Armstrong, Sharon Chamard, and Teresa W. Carns

The Summer 2010 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on civil legal assistance in Alaska and the U.S., a history and guide to Alaska pro bono programs, a comparison of gun ownership in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and two pilot programs initiated by the Criminal Justice Working Group.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Fall 2010)

Brad A. Myrstol, Marny Rivera, and Deborah Periman

The Fall 2010 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on school resource officers (SROs); methamphetamine prevention efforts; and a recent 9th Circuit ruling on felon disenfranchisement.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Winter 2010)

Deborah Periman, André B. Rosay, Thomas S. Begich, and Teresa W. Carns

The Winter 2010 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum leads off with an article on a recent Ninth Circuit decision holding that a Washington state law denying felons the right to vote is a violation of the Voting Rights Act. Other articles include profiles of correctional populations in Alaska and the U.S., an update on the work of the Criminal Justice Working Group, a pilot program aimed at reducing probation revocations rates, a study of juvenile probation officer workloads, and a discussion of the Language Interpreter Center, which works to provide qualified interpreters in legal, medical, social services, and educational settings statewide.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 2010)

André B. Rosay, Ronald S. Everett, Sharon Chamard, Barbara Armstrong, and Teresa White Carns

The Spring 2010 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on juvenile sex offenders, housing for chronic inebriates, justice projects in Alaska funded through Recovery Act funds, and the Alaska Prisoner Re-entry Task Force.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 25, No. 4 (Winter 2009)

Sharon Chamard, Teresa W. Carns, and Melissa S. Green

The Winter 2009 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on capital punishment in the U.S. and internationally, as well as a brief history of the death penalty in Alaska; violent deaths in Alaska and nationwide; an exploration of the relationship fear of crime and collective efficacy, social ties, and community disorder in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; and findings of the Alaska Judicial Council's 2008 report on judicial selection and retention from 1984 to 2007.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

Ronald S. Everett and Teresa W. Carns

The Spring 2009 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents articles on Anchorage Wellness Court and other therapeutic jurisprudence and problem-solving courts, justice system operating expenditures, and an update on the work of the Criminal Justice Working Group.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 26, No. 2 (Summer 2009)

Brad A. Myrstol and André B. Rosay

The Summer 2009 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles describing the relationship between drug use and criminal offending among male arrestees in Anchorage, a look at homelessness in Alaska, and results of a victim service training needs assessment survey.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Fall 2009)

Marny Rivera, André B. Rosay, Darryl S. Wood, and Katherine TePas

The Fall 2009 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum focuses on violence against women, with articles on legal resolutions and attrition in domestic violence cases reported to Alaska State Troopers, recent recommendations from Alaska lawmakers and the Governor on reducing violence in Alaska, and the relationship between animal abuse and domestic violence. An additional article details recent data about leading causes of death for Alaska and the U.S.
A Comparison of the American and Russian Constitutions

David Mannheimer

The constitutions of the United States and the Russian Federation were written half a world and more than two hundred years apart. Despite this fact, the two constitutions appear to be remarkably similiar on many levels. Yet their surface similarities mask true differences—differences in the explicit provisions of the two constitutions and also differences in how seemingly equivalent provisions have been put into practice. These differences are mainly attributable to two factors: the extremely different political problems facing the two nations when they drafted their constitutions and the different political traditions that shaped the drafters' choices and emphasis. This article gives a history of the development of the two constitutions, explores the two nation's provisions for federal supremacy, the presidency, and the rights of citizens, and compares the American constitution's emphasis on procedure with the Russian constitution's relative open-endedness about the powers of government and selection of officials.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 2008)

David Mannheimer, Antonia Moras, and Marla Greenstein

The Winter 2008 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents a comparison of the American and Russian constitutions, a description of the Khabarovsk-Alaska Rule of Law Partnership (KAROL), discussion of children with incarcerated parents, figures on prison populations in Alaska and the U.S., immigration figures in the United States from 1910 to 2006, and figures on non-citizens in the Alaska correctional system.
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2008)

Marny Rivera, André B. Rosay, Darryl S. Wood, Greg Postle, Katherine TePas, Ronald S. Everett, and Sharon Chamard

The Fall 2008 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum reports on assaults in domestic violence incidents in Alaska communities served primarily by the Alaska State Troopers; the trajectories of juvenile delinquency careers among youth in Anchorage and Fairbanks; and results of a community survey of residents of Northeast Anchorage on public safety and community satisfaction.