Alaska Criminal History Record Information: A White Paper

Abstract

In their Statutory Recommendations submitted in 1989 to the Alaska Department of Public Safety, SEARCH Group, Inc. recommended that the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN) be expanded to capture and report 18 additional events to improve Alaska criminal history record information (CHRI). This paper examines the viability of including the proposed 18 events in Alaska CHRI, and suggests a distributed data tracking system using the Arrest Tracking Number (ATN) to interface between APSIN and other Alaska justice system databases as the best and most economical means of improving Alaska CHRI. Appendices include the SEARCH report and other information bearing on CHRI standards.