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Rapes and aggravated assaults push Alaska’s violent-crime rates up; property-crime rates fall

 |  Alaska Beacon  |  , ,

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±'s Alaska Justice Information Center presented data from 1979 thru 2021 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Troy C. Payne, Director of AJIC wrote "After a large increase in the mid-2010’s, motor vehicle theft has been trending down since 2018. In both trend and magnitude, Alaska is similar to the national average for property offenses. Alaska has consistently had higher-than-average rates of violence since 1993."

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AK-SAKI conducts research on DPS policies, procedures

 |  Ingrid Johnson  |  ,

The мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Justice Center worked in partnership with the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) through the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance funded Alaska Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (AK-SAKI) to conduct research on DPS's policies and procedures related to sexual assault investigations, prosecutions, and victim-survivor engagement and support.

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Ingrid Johnson's newest publication explores victim-survivors’ reasons for not reporting to the police

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  |  ,

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Justice Center Assistant Professor Ingrid Johnson recently published an article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, titled "Victim-Survivors’ Prioritization of Reasons for Non-Reporting Adult Sexual Assaults to Law Enforcement." This manuscript used data from a survey of survivors of adult sexual assault in Alaska on their reasons for not reporting to the police, which was part of the Alaska Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (AK-SAKI).

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