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Alaska
Justice Forum
10(3), Fall 1993
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| Abstract:
This article presents statistics from 1975 to 1992 on murder
and nonnegligent manslaughter in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau,
and Alaska overall, and compares Alaska rates with homicide rates
nationwide. Alaska homicide rates were below the national average
from 1988 to 1992. |
Homicide
in Alaska: 1975-1992
In recent months the media
have again focused public attention on violent crime patterns.
Because public perceptions of crime have economic and social
consequences, statistical information concerning levels and rates
is extremely important. Table 1 and Figure 1 reveal the pattern
of homicides (classified as murder and non-negligent manslaughter
in FBI Uniform Crime Reports) in Alaska from 1975 to 1992. Except
where otherwise noted, figures were drawn from Crime in the
United States, the annual publication of the FBI. Among conclusions
supported by these data are the following points:
- The Alaska homicide rate has been below the national average
since 1988. In 1991, the national average rate per hundred thousand
for homicide was 9.8, and the Alaska rate was 7.4. In 1992, the
national rate was 9.3, and the Alaska rate was 7.5.
- The 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992 Alaska homicide rates
have been the lowest of the period since 1975.
- The Anchorage 1991 and 1992 rates of 10.3 and 7.0 homicides
per hundred thousand residents are lower than average rates (1991,
12.2; 1992, 12.5) for U.S. cities of similar size.

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