Recent Submissions

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

    Myrstol, Brad A. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2017-10-31)
    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.
  • Crimes Known to Police (Alaska): Statewide Rates, by Month: 2014-2016

    Myrstol, Brad A. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2017-10-16)
    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.
  • UAA Justice Center's Ongoing DVSA Research

    Rosay, André B.; Myrstol, Brad A.; Blumenstein, Lindsey (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2017-06-12)
    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.
  • Selected Results from Local Evaluation of Reclaiming Futures, Anchorage, AK

    Henjum, Barb; Schaff, Karin; Moffitt, Linda; Begich, Thomas S.; Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2007-04)
    This Powerpoint presentation briefly reports on results of an evaluation of Reclaiming Futures Anchorage, which is one of 10 founding Reclaiming Futures projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create new approaches to help teens in trouble with drugs, alcohol and crime. It partners with courts, treatment facilities, detention facilities, and community to promote new opportunities and standards of care in juvenile justice to improve the improvement of drug and alcohol treatment, expand and coordinate services, and find jobs and volunteer work for young people in trouble with the law.
  • Descriptive Analysis of Sexual Assault Incidents Reported to Alaska State Troopers: 2003–2004

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2008-01-29)
    This Powerpoint presentation provides an overview of findings of a statewide study of all sexual assault and sexual abuse of minor incidents reported to the Alaska State Troopers (AST) from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004.
  • Using Problem-Oriented Policing to Reduce Sexual Assaults

    Rosay, André B.; Langworthy, Robert H. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2004-05-13)
    Alaska generally and Anchorage specifically have been plagued by the incidence of sexual assaults. From 1982 to 2001, the rate of forcible rape per 100,000 in Anchorage was, on average, 122 percent higher than the U.S. rate. To combat this problem, the authors engaged in a problem-oriented policing exercise in cooperation with the Anchorage Police Department. They began this exercise by performing a detailed descriptive analysis of sexual assaults in Anchorage. Data were collected from 541 reports of sexual assault cases reported to the Anchorage Police Department in 2000 and 2001. These data contain detailed information on the assaults, victims, and suspects. Using crime-mapping technologies, hot spots of sexual assaults were identified and profiles developed for each hot spot. With this detailed understanding of the characteristics of each hot spot, empirically-based strategies were developed to reduce the occurrence of sexual assaults. After implementing each strategy, an evaluation of whether the occurrence of sexual assaults had significantly declined was performed. This presentation focuses on the initial stages of problem-oriented policing—the identification and explanation of hot spots. More specifically, the utility of using crime-mapping technologies in the identification of hot spots of sexual assaults is documented and the necessity of using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to explain where and why sexual assaults are geographically concentrated is described. With a better understanding of the nature of sexual assaults, it has been possible to develop and implement more successful intervention strategies.
  • Exploratory Spatial Analyses of Sexual Assaults in Anchorage

    Rosay, André B.; Langworthy, Robert H. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2004-04)
    Using data on the locations of sexual assaults reported to the Anchorage Police Department in 2000 and 2001, the authors used Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis techniques to (1) identify the locations where sexual assaults were concentrated and (2) examine the correlates of these spatial concentrations. In both analyses, the authors also examined differences between white and Native victimizations. The spatial concentrations of sexual assault victimizations vary significantly by race, as do the correlates of the respective spatial concentrations. The authors conclude that there is a relationship between assault locations and bar locations, but that the relationship far from perfect and the question of whether there is a causal mechanism exists remains unknown. Nonetheless, successful interventions to prevent sexual assaults must involve bars; but targeting bars will be both inefficient and insufficient for fully addressing the problem of sexual assault prevention in Anchorage.
  • Violence against Women in Alaska: Justice Perspective

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2013-12-09)
    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.
  • Overview of Sexual Assault in Alaska

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2010-08-20)
    This Powerpoint slide presentation provides an overview of key results from UAA Justice Center research and statistics from other sources on sexual assault in Alaska, presented before a roundtable discussion with officials from the U.S. Department of Justice sponsored by the Alaska Native Justice Center.
  • Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Impact Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Policy

    Rosay, André B.; TePas, Katherine H. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2010-06-15)
    The Alaska Department of Public Safety and the UAA Justice Center conducted numerous research projects and published numerous articles on domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and stalking. These research projects were used to develop new multidisciplinary and multifaceted initiatives to combat violence against women in Alaska. This poster describes our researcher-practitioner partnership and its impact on policy and practice.
  • Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships to Impact Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Policy

    Masters, Joseph A.; Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2010-04-07)
    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.
  • Sexual Assault in Alaska

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2009-08-03)
    This Powerpoint slide presentation provides an overview of key results from Justice Center research on sexual assault in Alaska through August 2009, with discussion of victimization and its costs, victim characteristics, suspect characteristics, victim-suspect relationships, alcohol use, and criminal case processing (referral, prosecution, and disposition), and recidivism.
  • Sexual Violence in Alaska

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2009-06-01)
    This Powerpoint presentation presents an overview of key results from Justice Center research on violence against women in Alaska through June 2009, with a particular focus on sexual assault, including victim characteristics, suspect characteristics, victim-suspect relationships, alcohol use, and criminal case processing (referral, prosecution, and disposition).
  • UAA Research on Violence against Women

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2009-03-25)
    This Powerpoint slide presentation presents an overview of key results from Justice Center research on violence against women in Alaska, including studies on sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence through March 2009.
  • Overview of UAA Justice Center Violence against Women Research

    Rosay, André B. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2009-02-18)
    This Powerpoint presentation presents an overview of key results from Justice Center research on violence against women in Alaska, including studies on sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence through February 2009.
  • Assaults in Domestic Violence Incidents: Descriptive Statistics and Predictors of Legal Resolutions

    Rivera, Marny (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2010-03-09)
    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.
  • Domestic Violence in Alaska: Definitions, Rates in Alaska, Causes and Consequences

    Rivera, Marny (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2014-03-19)
    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.
  • Underage Drinking: Research, Evaluation, and Related Efforts

    Rivera, Marny; Casto, L. Diane (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2014-04-04)
    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.
  • Strategies to Reduce Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco to Underage Persons

    Rivera, Marny (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2013-06-12)
    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.
  • Anchorage Underage Drinking Survey: Assessing Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs About the Underage Drinking Problem and Responses to It

    Rivera, Marny (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2012-04-17)
    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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