Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 2, No. 5 (June 1978)
Keyword
Alaska Judicial Councilconfessions
corrections
courts
crime
criminal justice
criminal law
Fairbanks, Alaska
interrogation
justice educationjuvenile correctionsjuvenile justicelaw enforcementplea bargainingprosecutionrural justicetraining
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The June 1978 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents a subjective analysis of future criminal justice trends in Alaska; based on population shifts, increases in property ownership, and increased reporting, the author predicts that crime will rise in rural areas and decrease in urban areas in upcoming years. Preliminary results of a two-year evaluation by the Alaska Judicial Council of the effects of Alaska's plea bargaining ban are reported. A study prepared for the Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice determined that the pretrial detention rate for juveniles in Fairbanks was eight times higher than nationally recommended standards. The fifth in a six-part series on the law on confessions discusses voluntary statements and the problems caused by multiple confessions by a defendant. Also included is a digest of recent Alaska Supreme Court opinions in criminal appeals cases, a book review, and a justice training calendar.Table of Contents
"The Future For Criminal Justice" by John E. Havelock / "A Preliminary Report on Plea Bargaining: Longer Sentences with Ban" by Teresa J. White / "Too Many Juveniles Detained?" / "Law on Confessions: Voluntary Statements" (part 5) by Peter S. Ring / "A Book Review: Commissioner: View from the Top of American Law Enforcement by Patrick V. Murphy and Thomas Plate (Simon & Schuster, 1977)]" by Peter S. Ring / "Opinions of Note" / "Correction" / "Justice Training Calendar"Date
1978-06Source
Alaska Justice ForumPublisher
Criminal Justice Center, University of Alaska AnchorageType
JournalCitation
Alaska Justice Forum 2(5), June 1978Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2009)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.
-
Criminal Justice Reform and Recidivism ReductionThis article briefly examines evidence-based approach to policymaking in criminal justice and the two conceptual pillars that serve as the foundation of this strategy: effectiveness and efficiency. The article also describes the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, a “smart justice” approach to reducing recidivism under the auspices of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that is being led in Alaska by the Alaska Justice Information Center (AJiC), housed in the UAA Justice Center.
-
The Public's Perspective— Justice Administration 1980: A Survey of Public OpinionThis 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.
