Updates from the Justice Center: 'Burglary in Alaska' fact sheet released; Myrstol co-authors article on mental health among homeless; and Chamard and Payne present at international conference

AJSAC releases Fact Sheet - Burglary in Alaska, 1985-2012 The most recent issue of the Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center (AJSAC) Fact Sheet presents data for 1985-2012 on the property crime of burglary, including burglary rates, time and place of occurrence, and the value of property stolen during burglaries reported to police. Data is drawn from the annual Crime in Alaska report of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, which represents the State of Alaska's contribution to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. The fact sheet is by Khristy Parker of the Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center (AJSAC).

Visit the AJSAC website to download the fact sheet. Alaska Dispatch News also overviewed the findings in a recent article, "Report: Burglary in Alaska down 65 percent since 1985."

Myrstol co-authors article in 'Community Mental Health Journal' on mental health among the homeless Brad Myrstol, Ph.D., Justice Center faculty and director of the Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center, co-authored an article, "Does Context Matter? Examining the Mental Health Among Homeless People," which was published online in June in the Community Mental Health Journal.

For more information, visit the UAA Justice Center blog.

Chamard and Payne present at international conference on crime prevention and how location impacts crime Justice Center faculty Sharon Chamard, Ph.D., and Troy Payne, Ph.D., presented "A Tale of Two Cities' Attempts to Lower Calls for Service via Civil Remedies" at the Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (ECCA) conference in the Netherlands in June. The research compared the count of police incidents before and after a notice of excessive police incidents at properties in Anchorage and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

ECCA is an annual, invitation-only symposium attended by an international group of researchers and practitioners engaged in situational crime prevention, crime science, intelligence-led policing and problem-oriented policing. In 2008, the Justice Center hosted the 17th annual ECCA Symposium on the UAA campus.

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