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    The Public's Perspective— Justice Administration 1980: A Survey of Public Opinion

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    Havelock, John E.
    Ring, Peter Smith
    Bruce, Kevin
    Keyword
    alcohol & alcohol abuse
    community survey
    corrections
    courts
    criminal code revision
    criminal justice
    criminal justice reform
    drugs & drug abuse
    firearms
    gun control
    justice administration
    justice education
    law enforcement
    public opinion
    public safety
    public survey
    rural justice
    sentencing
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10675
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    This public opinion survey was commissioned by the Alaska Criminal Justice Planning Agency, Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice, to help people interested in justice administration in planning, predicting, and educating with respect to the future design and administration of the justice system in Alaska. The survey was conducted during November and December 1979 and included 676 respondents from throughout Alaska. The survey elicited public opinion in four major areas: (1) the climate of public safety, including perceptions of crime rates, public safety, gun ownership, victimization, and family violence; (2) images of the justice professional, including professional skills, professionalism, educational qualifications, discretionary judgments, and discriminatory practices; (3) changes in the law, including the role of public opinion in revision of law, strictness and leniency of laws, perceptions of revisions (including recent revisions in sentencing, the Alaska criminal code, alcohol regulations, and drug laws), perceptions of laws relating to alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs, criminality of gambling and sex offenses, and election of justice officials; and (4) public attitudes toward selected decisions regarding the administration of justice, including law enforcement and corrections priorities, justice services in rural Alaska, consolidation of public safety services, police use of firearms, sentencing, and public education in justice.
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    Highlights / Introduction / Part I. The Climate of Public Safety / Part II. Images of the System Professional / Part III. Changes in the Law / Part IV. Public Attitudes Towards Selected Operational Decisions and Resource Allocations / APPENDICES / I. Methodology / II. Survey Instrument and Results
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    1980-08
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    Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
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    The Public's Perspective— Justice Administration 1980: A Survey of Public Opinion by John E. Havelock, Peter Smith Ring, and Kevin Bruce. Report prepared for the Alaska Criminal Justice Planning Agency. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, Aug 1980.
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