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Fighting Crime By Design

 |  Vanessa Orr  |  , ,

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Justice Center Professor, Sharon Chamard provides expertise on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), emphasizing the importance of design elements like natural surveillance, access control, and maintenance in creating safer communities.

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Alaska adds millions to address domestic violence and sexual assault; advocates say more is needed

 |  Claire Stremple  | 

The Alaska Victimization Survey, conducted by the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Justice Center, shows a rise in domestic violence and sexual assault rates, leading advocates to argue that, despite Alaska allocating millions of dollars to combat these issues, the funding is still not enough to meet demand or address the root causes.

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Alaska lawmakers aim to expand eligibility for scholarships

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老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Alaska Justice Information Center researcher, Rus鈥檚el Sampson is quoted in an Alaska Beacon article about merit-based Alaska Performance Scholarships.

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Alaska study links domestic violence to poor health outcomes

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The Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) released a new report about the health of women who have experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Physical violence is a part of IPV, but it also includes things like controlling behaviors, threats of harm, and inflicting harm against people and things an intimate partner cares about. Dr. Ingrid Johnson with AVS told the Alaska Beacon these sorts of behaviors can have a lasting impact.

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Alaska鈥檚 domestic violence council explores restorative justice methods in court sentencing

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Restorative justice is a form of resolution that allows victims of crimes to work with the criminal justice system to address and correct the harm caused. 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Ingrid Johnson from the Justice Center and Rei Shimizu from the School of Social Work spoke to the Alaska Beacon about how restorative justice can be used in cases of domestic violence.