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Justice Center
Recent
"Recidivism of Alaska Sex Offenders" by Alan R. McKelvie. Alaska Justice Forum 25(1–2): 14–15 (Spring-Summer 2008).
"Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute" by Deborah Periman. Alaska Justice Forum 25(1–2): 2–5 (Spring-Summer 2008).
"Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute" by Deborah Periman. Justice Center Working Papers 7 (Oct 2008).
"Sex Offender Registries and Notification Programs" by Deborah Periman. Justice Center Research Overview 4 (May 2009).
"UAA Research on Violence Against Women" (Powerpoint slide presentation) by André B. Rosay. Slide presentation presented to the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee, Juneau, AK, March 25, 2009. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. Audio of the presentation is also available.
Publications
Mapping Sex Offender Addresses: The Utility of the Alaska Sex Offender Registry As a Research Data Base by Richard W. Curtis, Maurice Godwin, Robert H. Langworthy, and N. E. Schafer. Report prepared under Grant No. 1999-RU-RX-K006 from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Anchorage, AK: Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, Oct 2001.
"Recidivism of Alaska Sex Offenders" by Alan R. McKelvie. Alaska Justice Forum 25(1–2): 14–15 (Spring-Summer 2008).
"Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute" by Deborah Periman. Alaska Justice Forum 25(1–2): 2–5 (Spring-Summer 2008).
"Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute" by Deborah Periman. Justice Center Working Papers 7 (Oct 2008).
"Sex Offender Registries and Notification Programs" by Deborah Periman. Justice Center Research Overview 4 (May 2009).
"Sex Offender Treatment Program" by Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. Alaska Justice Forum 13(2): 4 (Summer 1996).
Sex Offender Treatment Program: Initial Recidivism Study by Anthony M. Mander, Martin E. Atrops, Allan R. Barnes, and Roseanne Munafo. Anchorage, AK: Offender Programs, Alaska Department of Corrections; and Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 31 Jul 1996. (Executive summary only; full report available from Alaska Department of Corrections.)
Sex Offender Treatment Program: Preliminary Description by Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. Anchorage, AK: Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 5 May 1995.
Sex Offender Treatment Project: Literature Review by Allan R. Barnes, Melanie Baca, Melody Dix, Shelly Flahr, Cathy Gaal, Max Whitaker, Samantha Moeglein, and Nicol Morgheim. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, 22 Jul 1994.
Projects
Alaska
Statewide
Publications
Use of Recidivism Rates by State Agencies: Recidivism Rates for Alaska Sex Offenders by Alaska Division of Legislative Audit. Juneau, AK: Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, 9 Mar 2007.
National
Sex offender registration
- Jacob
Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration
Act. Search for Title XVII, Crimes Against Children. This
act is part of H.R. 3355, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994, enacted as Public Law 103-322 (09/13/94). It mandated that
each state create a very narrowly drawn specific program to register
sex offenders, with a compliance date of September 30, 1997. The law
is named after a 10-year-old boy abducted by an unknown gunman in 1989.
Its amendments include Megan's Law (1996),
the Pam Lynchner Sex Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996,
the Jacob Wetterling Improvements Act (1997), and Jennifer's Law (1998).
- Megan's
Law. H.R. 2137, enacted as Pub.L. 104-105 (05/17/96), this amendment
to the Wetterling Act is a community notification law requiring the
release of relevant information to protect the public from sexually
violent offenders.
Publications
"No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the U.S." by Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch 19(4(G)) (Sep 2007).
"Sex Offender Registries As a Tool for Public Safety: Views From Registered Offenders" by Richard Tewksbury. Western Criminology Review 7(1): 1-8 (Jan 2006).
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