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Report
of the Alaska Supreme Court
Advisory Committee on Fairness and Access
Anchorage: Alaska Court System,
October 31, 1997.
This publication
is not a Justice Center product, but is abstracted here
for its relevance to the Justice Center research or academic
missions.
Document in Adobe Acrobat format
Abstract: Following a 1995 State Justice Institute
conference on eliminating race and racial and ethnic bias in
the courts, the Alaska Supreme Court apointed the Advisory Committee
on Fairness and Access to identify concerns about racial and
ethnic bias in the Alaska Court System and make recommendations.
This document reports the committee's findings on barriers to
court access and makes recommendations to the Alaska Supreme
Court in the areas of increased services to rural areas; public
education; language interpretation; cross-cultural training;
local dispute resolution and cooperation with local organizations;
communication; studies of the criminal justice system; expanding
sentencing alternatives; expanding the jury pool; diversifying
the Alaska Court System workforce; a Cultural Navigator pilot
program; and Child in Need of Aid proceedings. Recommendations
to other institutions and state legal agencies are also made,
and the findings and recommendations of subcommittees are presented
in the areas of consumer use; the court as an employer; disparate
confinement; jury composition; language and culture; and rural
access.
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