Alaska Justice Forum 23(3), Fall 2006

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Chamard, Sharon. (Fall 2006). "The History of Crime Mapping and Its Use by American Police Departments." Alaska Justice Forum 23(3): 1, 4-8. Crime mapping has long been used as a tool in policing and has been adopted broadly since the advent of desktop computers made mapping dramatically easier. This article provides a brief history of crime mapping, its advantages and disadvantages, the spread of its use by American police departments and discontinuance of its use by some departments. A brief bibliography on crime mapping is included.

Moras, Antonia. (Fall 2006). "A Look at Immigration Numbers." Alaska Justice Forum 23(3): 3-4. This article provides an overview of the most reliable figures on immigration—both authorized and unauthorized—for the United States as a whole and for Alaska in particular.

Bureau of Justice Statistics. (Fall 2006). "Inmate Mental Health and Treatment: A BJS Report." Alaska Justice Forum 23(3): 2. More than half of all state prison and jail inmates in the United States at midyear 2005 had a mental health problems, as did almost half of federal prisons. By comparison, of American adults aged 18 years or over in the general population, about 11 percent are estimated to have mental health disorders. These and other findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics study "Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates" (NCJ 213600) are reported here.