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  Crimes Known to Police (Alaska): Statewide Rates, by Month: 2014-2016

  Brad A. Myrstol

  This slide presentation, presented to the Alaska House Finance Committee on October 31, 2017, provides "big picture" annual rates of crimes knowns to police for property and violent crime in Alaska from 1985 to 2016 and monthly crime rates from 2014 to 2016 for larceny theft, shoptlifting, burlgary, motor vehicle theft, homicide, forcible rape, robbery, and assault. Rates are drawn from Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) data in the annual Crime in Alaska publication of the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

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  Crimes Known to Police (Alaska): Statewide Rates, by Month: 2014-2016

  Brad A. Myrstol

  This slide presentation, Alaska House Judiciary Committee on October 16, 2017, provides monthly crime rates from 2014 to 2016 for larceny theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, homicide, forcible rape, robbery, and assault. Rates are drawn from Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) data in the annual Crime in Alaska publication of the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

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  UAA Justice Center's Ongoing DVSA Research

  André B. Rosay, Brad A. Myrstol, and Lindsey Blumenstein

  This Powerpoint presentation describes ongoing research on domestic violence and sexual assault presented to the Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA) at its June 2017 quarterly meeting. Research discussed includes a recently completed survey on Alaskans’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) regarding domestic violence and sexual assault; a Results First Initiative cost-benefit analysis of batterer intervention programs; psychological and physical abuse against women 60 and older from the Alaska Victimization Survey (2010-2015) (AVS) with a comparison to national data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (2010); and an update on the Alaska Victimization Survey.

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  Overview of 'Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

  André B. Rosay

  This Powerpoint, presented as part of a Congressional briefing, examines findings from a study of the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men based on a nationally representative sample from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). Findings included estimates of sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners, as well as estimates of interracial and intraracial victimizations. The briefing was coordinated through the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, the Indian Law Resource Center, and the National Congress of American Indians.

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  Overview of Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

  André B. Rosay

  This Powerpoint, presented as part of a Congressional briefing, examines findings from a study of the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men based on a nationally representative sample from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). Findings included estimates of sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners, as well as estimates of interracial and intraracial victimizations.

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  Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: 2010 Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

  André B. Rosay

  This Powerpoint, presented as part of a webinar held at the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC), examines findings from a study of the prevalence of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women. Few estimates are available to describe the prevalence of violence experienced by American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) women and men. In addition, these estimates are often based on local rather than national samples. The few available national estimates are often based on very small samples. These small samples do not always accurately represent the AI and AN population in the United States. This study provides the first set of estimates from a national large-scale survey of victimization among self-identified AI and AN men and women on psychological aggression, coercive control and entrapment, physical violence, stalking, and sexual violence, using detailed behaviorally specific questions. These results are expected to raise awareness and understanding of violence experienced by AI and AN people. The webinar also will highlight the need for additional services that are needed for AI and AN victims of crime—a need that has been persistently noted but lacked the research to support efforts to increase resources or allocate them appropriately.

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  TAAV Program Evaluation: Key Findings

  Khristy Parker

  Teens Acting Against Violence (TAAV) is a violence prevention and youth empowerment program at the Tundra Women’s Coalition (TWC) for teenagers living in Bethel, Alaska. Participation is voluntary and open for any interested teens aged 12-18. TWC and TAAV partnered with the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) Justice Center to conduct an evaluation of the TAAV program through a one-time survey of former and current adult members (over 18 years of age) of TAAV. Pursuant to TAAV objectives, the focus of the evaluation was placed on examining efforts in the areas of domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, building healthy relationships, encouraging sobriety, and suicide prevention.

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  NO MORE: Raising Awareness of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

  Ryan Fortson and Simona Gerdts

  This Powerpoint slide presentation describes the "NO MORE at UAA" campaign to increase greater awareness and action to end domestic violence and sexual assault. The campaign, co-branded with the "NO MORE" national campaign, was launched at University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) during the week of March 17, 2014 as a precursor to National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign was part of a degree capstone project initiated and coordinated by Justice B.A. students Simona Gerdts and Kristen Speyerer through the UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning (CCEL).

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  Tribal Courts and Minor Consuming Alcohol Cases: Researching Recidivism and Responsiveness

  Ryan Fortson and Cory R. Lepage

  This presentation provides an overview of issues involved in researching recidivism and response to underage drinking in Alaska tribal courts.

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  Domestic Violence in Alaska: Definitions, Rates in Alaska, Causes and Consequences

  Marny Rivera

  This Powerpoint slide presentation describes domestic violence in Alaska, including the definition of domestic violence; an overview of results from the Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) for 2010–2013 for Alaska statewide, the Municipality of Anchorage, and Matanuska-Susitna Borough; comparison of AVS statewide data with national data from the CDC's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System (NISVS); and discussion of the causes and consequences of domestic violence.

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  Underage Drinking: Research, Evaluation, and Related Efforts

  Marny Rivera and L. Diane Casto

  This presentation summarizes existing research on and effort to reduce underage drinking in Alaska, emphasizing the value of research to assist in addressing minor consuming alcohol (MCA) enforcement and response.

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  'Stand Your Ground': History and Effects

  Troy C. Payne

  This slide presentation discusses Stand Your Ground laws in other states and available research on the impact of these laws. The presentation was presented as part of a community forum at Clark Middle School in Anchorage on "Stand Your Ground Law in Alaska" sponsored by the Anchorage Community Police Relations Task Force and the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission.

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  Strategies to Reduce Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco to Underage Persons

  Marny Rivera

  Effective compliance checks and enforcement of laws regarding sale sof age-restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco are associated with reductions in underage use of such those substances. This slide show presents recent research and offers recommendations to reduce underage sales of alcohol and tobacco to underage persons in Alaska.

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  Violence against Women in Alaska: Justice Perspective

  André B. Rosay

  This Powerpoint slide presentation provides an overview of UAA Justice Center research on violence against women in Alaska through 2013, the current research being conducted through the Alaska Victimization Survey, and efforts to combat intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence in Alaska through the Choose Respect initiative.

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  Introduction to Data Collection

  André B. Rosay and Michelle DeWitt

  This Powerpoint presentation illustrates the fundamentals of data collection through the example of an evaluation of Teens Acting Against Violence (TAAV), a violence prevention and youth empowerment program for teenagers operated by the Tundra Women’s Coalition in Bethel, Alaska. Key results from the evaluation are presented.

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  Anchorage Underage Drinking Survey: Assessing Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs About the Underage Drinking Problem and Responses to It

  Marny Rivera

  This slide presentation, prepared for a town hall meeting in Anchorage, AK, presents results from a survey conducted in 2010-2011 of a random sample of adult Anchorage residents on adult perceptions of underage drinking and responses to it.

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  Jackson County Collaboration in Support of Families: Using Evaluation for Long-Term Sustainability

  Rita Sullivan and Marny Rivera

  This webinar presentation discusses the use of evaluation and dissemination of results during the life of a project. The presentation is based on the ongoing evaluation of the Family Connection Program in Jackson County, Oregon, which compares child welfare outcomes for a control group with outcomes through the Family Connection Program.

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  Criminogenic Features of Apartment Complexes: Preliminary Findings

  Troy C. Payne, Heidi L. Scherer, and John E. Eck

  This study used epidemiological methods to compare high crime apartment complexes to low crime apartment complexes along multiple dimensions, including management practices and the immediate spatial context of the complexes.

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  Section 8 Housing & Crime: Screwed or Skewed?

  Kathleen Gallagher, Troy C. Payne, John E. Eck, and James Frank

  This poster presentation examines the claim that Section 8 tenants in a small midwestern city in Ohio are consuming too many police resources. Based on previous research regarding public housing projects and perceptions of public housing and crime, the city has become concerned that the level of police services that are dedicated to residents with housing vouchers is in excess of the average residential tenant.

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  Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Impact Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Policy

  Joseph A. Masters and André B. Rosay

  The Alaska Department of Public Safety in partnership with the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center has conducted and published numerous research projects and articles specific to domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse and stalking. These evidence based research projects have been used to develop Alaska’s new multidisciplinary and multifaceted initiative to combat domestic violence and sex crimes in Alaska. Certain portions of this new initiative target enforcement and prosecution of offenders who commit these crimes and are funded with both state general funds as well as Recovery Act Funds. The groundbreaking research conducted with UAA was supported with funds from the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and federal grant funds from the National Institute of Justice.

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  Public Perceptions of School Resource Officer (SRO) Programs

  Brad A. Myrstol

  This Powerpoint slide presentation gives background on school resource officer (SRO) programs, which place police officers in schools, and presents analysis of public perceptions of the SRO program in Anchorage School District, which was established in 2003.

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  School Resource Officers: Public Perspectives and Perceptions

  Brad A. Myrstol

  This Powerpoint slide presentation presents an overview of school resource officer (SRO) programs, which place police officers in schools, and provides results of a preliminary analysis of perceptions of the SRO program in Anchorage School District. Currently 16 officers plus two supervisors of Anchorage Police Department are assigned to the Anchorage SRO program, which was established in 2003.

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  Does Changing Ownership Change Crime? An Analysis of Apartment Ownership and Crime in Cincinnati

  Troy C. Payne

  This Powerpoint slide presentation examines the question of changes in level of crime when ownership of an apartment building changes. Examination of data from Cincinnati, Ohio, shows that ownership change, size of apartment complex, and past crime all have some effect on crime counts. In particular, when the apartments that are sold are high-crime apartments, change in ownership tends to worsen the crime problem.

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  Assaults in Domestic Violence Incidents: Descriptive Statistics and Predictors of Legal Resolutions

  Marny Rivera

  This slideshow presents descriptive statistics on all assaults in domestic violence incidents (N=1,281) reported to Alaska State Troopers in 2004 that were closed by the time of the study, and describes predictors of prosecution based on the data and correlates of injury and cultural factors in the described incidents.

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  Promoting Reunification through Family Focused Collaborative Treatment Services and System Change

  Marny Rivera

  This Powerpoint presentation presents preliminary results of a study on the use of family-focused collaborative treatment to promote family reunification in families with substance abuse and child maltreatment problems.