Local and Non-Local Jail Use: An Examination of a Sample of Alaska Community Jail Detainees

Authors

• N. E. Schafer

Files

Description

Data collected for the Alaska Community Jails Statewide Research Consortium included neither race nor place of residence. Because of their interest in both racial distribution and the use of the jail by nonresidents, the fifteen member jails provided this information for a random sample of detainees. The sample consisted of 1,687 detainees, more than a third of whom were not from the communities in which they were held. There was considerable variation by facility and much of the variance appears to be related to the nature of the community and its relationship to surrounding villages and to its geographic location in the state.

Publication Date

4-30-2001

Keywords

bush justice, Barrow, Alaska, Cordova, Alaska, corrections, Craig, Alaska, Dillingham, Alaska, Haines, Alaska, Homer, Alaska, jails, King Salmon, Alaska, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, Kodiak, Alaska, Kotzebue, Alaska, Petersburg, Alaska, rural justice, Seward, Alaska, Sitka, Alaska, Unalaska, Alaska, Valdez, Alaska, Wrangell, Alaska

Recommended Citation

Schafer, N. E., "Local and Non-Local Jail Use: An Examination of a Sample of Alaska Community Jail Detainees" (2001). Reports. 108.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_reports/108

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8297