Fire Island Public Opinion Survey: Summary of Findings
dc.contributor.author | Barnes, Allan R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-07T22:19:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-07T22:19:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986-12-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Barnes, Allan R. (1986). Fire Island Public Opinion Survey: Summary of Findings. Report prepared for the Alaska Department of Corrections. Anchorage, AK: School of Justice, University of Alaska, Anchorage. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | JC 8519.05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10761 | |
dc.description | This report is part of the Fire Island Prison Feasibility Study,, a project conducted jointly by the School of Justice and School of Engineering at University of Alaska, Anchorage under contract to the Alaska Department of Corrections. The project undertook to assess the feasibility of locating a correctional facility on a 4,240 acre tract of land on Fire Island, which lies in Upper Cook Inlet about three miles off Point Campbell within the Municipality of Anchorage. The project was divided into three major phases: (1) an assessment of future bed space needs of the Alaska Department of Corrections; (2) an evaluation of the physical site and cost estimates for prison construction and operation; and (3) a public opinion survey and open discussion. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Under the terms of a contract between the Alaska Department of Corrections and the University of Alaska, Anchorage, to determine the feasibility of placing a prison on Fire Island, the UAA School of Justice in November 1986 conducted a public opinion telephone survey of a random sample of one thousand residents of the Municipality of Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Results indicated that respondents favored spending money to prevent and deter crime rather than to punish prisoners or to build additional prisons. When informed about the increased cost of construction and operation of a prison on Fire Island in comparison with other potential sites in Southcentral Alaska, they did not favor building a prison on Fire Island. However, in deciding the appropriate location for a new prison, cost of construction was not deemed as important as either the impact of the prison on the local economy or the costs associated with everyday operations and programs of the new prison. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Alaska Department of Corrections | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | [Introduction] / Method / Results and Conclusions / APPENDICES / A. Prefix Locations / B. Demographics of the Survey Sample / C. Response Percentages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | School of Justice, University of Alaska Anchorage | en_US |
dc.subject | Alaska Department of Corrections | en_US |
dc.subject | Anchorage, Alaska | en_US |
dc.subject | community survey | en_US |
dc.subject | corrections | en_US |
dc.subject | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | en_US |
dc.subject | prisons | en_US |
dc.subject | public opinion | en_US |
dc.title | Fire Island Public Opinion Survey: Summary of Findings | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-03-07T01:26:40Z |