Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1979)

Authors

• M. James Messick
• N/A UAA Criminal Justice Center

Files

Description

The June 1979 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum features a description of the Alaska Department of Public Safety's restructured Village Police Officer (VPO) program, now renamed the Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) program; a discussion of remarks made by Anchorage Superior Court Judge James K. Singleton at a sentencing hearing in regards to sentencing practices in Alaska; and a digest of recent Alaska Supreme Court opinions in criminal appeals cases. The Alaska Justice Forum suspended publication with this issue on expiration of its funding grant. (The Alaska Justice Forum resumed publication with Vol. 4, No. 1 in Spring 1987.)

Publication Date

6-13-1979

Keywords

Alaska Natives, bush justice, law enforcement, paraprofessional police, police, public safety, rural justice, Village Police Officers (VPO), Village Public Safety Officers (VPSO)

Recommended Citation

Messick, M. James and UAA Criminal Justice Center, N/A, "Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 3, No. 6 (June 1979)" (1979). Vols 01-10 (1977-1994). 35.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_ak_justice_forum_01-10/35

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10830