Journal articles

 

Articles published by UAA Justice Center faculty and staff in journals other than those published by the Justice Center.

Recent Submissions

  • Exploring the Link between Visits and Parole Success: A Survey of Prison Visitors [manuscript] 
    Schafer, N. E. (Exploring the Link between Visits and Parole Success: A Survey of Prison Visitors [manuscript], 1992-08-13)
    An exploratory survey of visitors to two men's prisons finds that the visitors differ in some significant ways from prisoners' families previously described in the literature. The results raise some questions about the ...
  • Professionalism in the Alaska Department of Corrections: Education and Experience [manuscript] 
    Schafer, N. E. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1986-06)
    A survey of Alaska corrections personnel reveals that employees in all clasiffications tend to have more than the minimum education or experience required for their positions. More than 74 percent of college-educated ...
  • Prison Visiting: Is It Time to Review the Rules? [manuscript] 
    Schafer, N. E. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1989-06-09)
    Visiting rules and regulations from 71 long-term adult correctional facilities from 31 states were collected and reviewed. Most of the rules cover five distinct areas: visitor application, visitor processing, contraband, ...
  • Prison Visiting Policies and Practices [manuscript] 
    Schafer, N. E. (Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1991-01)
    Based on empirical evidence that visiting is significantly related to parole success, correctional administrators have begun to view family visits as one component of the rehabilitation process. Several authorities have ...
  • The Justice Center 
    Fitzgerald, Doreen (University of Alaska Magazine, 1982-11)
    This article, by the editor of University of Alaska Magazine, presents a profile of the Justice Center at University of Alaska, Anchorage. The article covers the Justice Center's creation (as the Criminal Justice Center) ...
  • Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men 
    Rosay, André B. (U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2016-09)
    More than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women and men have experienced violence in their lifetime, and more than one in three experienced violence in the past year, according to a new report from an ...
  • Is Race a Factor in Disparate Health Problems Associated with Violence Against Women? 
    Rivera, Marny; Garcia, Gabriel (Center for Health Disparities Research School of Community Health Sciences University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014-12-01)
    Research studies examining the health correlates of violence against women have consistently demonstrated associations between violence and poor health outcomes, but have not examined a disparate impact on racial minorities. ...

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