Resource List Compiled by Commission Staff
Please note that when this list was compiled it was not intended as a comprehensive list of the topics nor did it represent all of the information considered by the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission in the course of its work. Rather, staff to the Commission compiled this list as a means of readily locating some potentially useful resource materials. As such, the information was solely for educational and informational purposes, and did/does not constitute legal advice. Nor did/does the interpretation or discussion of particular laws, rules or trends represent the view of either staff or members of the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.
This list is not maintained and broken links may exist.
Resources for the Rehabilitation, Reentry, and Recidivism Reduction Workgroup
- Alaska DOC Correctional Officer Training Synopsis
- Alaska Results First Presentation to the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission
- Arnold Ventures- Shining a Light Inside Prisons
- Arnold Ventures-Thinking Beyond the Prison Cell
- Equipping Individuals for Life Beyond Bars
- How to Fix Our Prisons- Let the Public Inside
- Trust Beneficiaries in Alaska’s Department of Corrections
- Attorney Hopes to Import the Best Practices of European Prisons to the United States
- What Oregon Is Learning From A Visit To Norwegian Prison
- 'I'm Somewhere Bettering Myself': Prison Reform Unlike Any Other in America
- College Behind Bars
Alaska Criminal Justice Reform
- Alaska's Criminal Justice Reform December 2016
- SB91 (Enrolled version sent to Governor)
- SB91 Practioner's Guide
- Senate Bill 91 Alaska Justice Reinvestment Reforms
- Table of SB91 changes and relationship to ACJC recommendations 6-28-2016
Alaska Justice Reinvestment Initiative
- Alaska Criminal Justice Commission Justice Reinvestment Report
- Alaska Victim/Survivor/Advocate Roundtables Report Priorities Oct 2015
- Justice Reinvestment Phase II (Power Point) 2016
- Justice Reinvestment Phase II Seed Funding FAQ 614 2016
- JRI Presentation August 2015
- JRI Presentation July 2015
- JRI Presentation June 2015
Alaska Natives
- 2012 Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission Report
- 2013 Indian Law and Order Commission Alaska Natives Report
- Advancing Tribal Court Criminal Jurisdiction in Alaska
- Book Review Alaska Natives and American Laws by Case and Voluck
- Facts on Violence Against American Indian/Alaska Native Women
- Frontier of Injustice Alaska Native Victims of Domestic Violence
- NIJ Research Program on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
- Report of AG's Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Nov 2014
- Tribal Courts Directory*
- Tribal Courts Issue of The Alaska Justice Forum Fall 2014/Winter 2015*
- Tribal Jurisdiction in Alaska 2012 (Alaska Legal Services Corporation)*
Alcohol
- 2014 ABC Bd Recommendations for Title 4 Changes
- Economic Costs of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Alaska, 2012 Update*
- Minor Consuming Alcohol Conference Webpage*
Archives
- 1992 Alaska Sentencing Commission Annual (Final) Report
- 2000 Alaska Criminal Justice Assessment Commission Final Report
- 2003 Alaska Criminal Justice Council Recommendations
- Report on 1999 Alaska Felony Process (AJC)
- Alaska Sentencing Commission Annual Report 1990 (AJC)
- Alaska Sentencing Commission Annual Report 1991 (AJC)
Arrests
- AJSAC Fact Sheet on Drug Arrests 2000-2011*
- AJSAC Fact Sheet on DUI Arrests 2000-2011
- Juvenile Justice Referrals in Alaska, 2003-2013*
Bail and Pretrial Release
- 2012-2013 COSCA Policy Paper Evidence-Based Pretrial Release
- ABA Criminal Law Section FAQ about Pretrial Release Decision Making 2011
- ACJC Bail and Pretrial Practice Survey Spring 2015
- Alaska Bail Posting Practices Survey 2015
- Alaska Pretrial Release Study 2-2016
- Bail Fail: Why the U.S. Should End The Practice of Using Money For Bail September 2012
- The Colorado Pretrial Assessment Tool October 2012
- COSCA Policy Paper on Evidence Based Pre-Trial Release
- The Cost of Pretrial Justice
- Creating An Effective Pretrial Program: A Toolkit for Practitioners
- False Positive, False Negatives, and False Analyses: A Rejoinder to "Machine Bias: There's Software Used Across the Country to Predict Future Criminals. And it's Biased Against Blacks."
- Fundamentals of Bail: A Resource Guide for Pretrial Practitioners and A Framework for American Pretrial Reform August 2014
- Investigating the Impact of Pretrial Detention Sentencing Outcomes Nov 2013
- Money as a Criminal Justice Stakeholder The Judge's Decision to Release or Detain A Defendant Pretrial September 2014
- National Council of Chief Defenders Pretrial Policy Statement June 2011
- NCSL Trends in Pretrial Release: State Legislation March 2015
- Predicting Pretrial Success NCSL February 2014
- Pretrial Detention and the Right to be Monitored, Yale Law Review 2014
- Pretrial Policy State Laws NCSL 2013
- Pretrial Justice: Costs and Benefits for Local Government
- Pretrial Justice from the Crime and Justice Institute
- Pretrial Justice and the Right to Counsel at First Judicial Bail Hearing
- Pretrial Reform in Kentucky January 2013
- Pretrial Release and Misconduct in Federal District Courts, 2008-2010, BJS Report
- Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools NCSC 2013
- Pretrial Services An Effective Alternative to Monetary Bail
- Sentenced By Tradition: The Third-Party Custodian Condition of Pretrial Release in Alaska (Alaska Law Review 2009)
- State of the Science of Pretrial Release Recommendations and Supervision
- State of the Science of Pretrial Risk Assessment March 2011 BJA
- Trends in Pretrial Release: State Legislation (March 2014)
- Unconstitutional Conditional Release: A Pyrrhic Victory for Arrestees' Privacy Rights Under US v. Scott (law review article)
- United States v. Scott (9th Cir. 2006)
- Unsecured Bonds: The As Effective and Most Efficient Pretrial Release Option October 2013
Behavorial Health
- ACJC Sequential Intercept Model
- Alaska Behavioral Health Systems Assessment Final Report 2016
- First-Episode Incarceration, Creating a Recovery-Informed Framework for Integrated Mental Health and Criminal Justice Responses
- Jail Diversion Toolkit San Antonio 2007
- Review of the Alaska Mental Health Statutes by UNLV School of Law and Responses
- Sequential Intercept Model: A Systematic Approach to Keeping People with Mental Illness out of the Criminal Justice System
- Statewide Law Enforcement/Mental Health Efforts: Strategies to Support and Sustain Local Initiatives
- Trust Beneficiaries in Alaska's Department of Corrections - Hornby-Zeller and Associates
- Use of the Sequential Intercept Model as an Approach to Decriminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness
Collateral Consequences
- A Lifetime of Punishment the Impact of Felony Drug Ban on Welfare Benefits
- CSG National Inventory of Collateral Consequences (including Alaska)
- Collateral Consequences and Reentry in Alaska: An Update 2014
- The Hidden Impact of a Criminal Conviction: A Brief Overview of Collateral Consequences in Alaska 2007
- LRS 2012 Other States' Laws: Expungement Laws
- Relief in Sight? States Rethink the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction 2009-2014
Community Courts
Controlled Substances
- Meth Labs Investigations Highlight Alaska’s Current Approach to Privacy
- Ravin Revisited Alaska’s Historic Common Law Marijuana Rule at the Dawn of Legalization
Controlled Substance Advisory Committee
Cost Benefit Studies
- Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System, April 2016
- What-Works-and-What-Does-Not-Benefit-Cost-Findings-from-WSIPP February 2015
Crime Rates
- 2014 FBI Statistics
- Crime Reported in Alaska 2011 (UCR DPS)
- Crime Reported in Alaska 2012 (UCR DPS)
- FBI 2017 National Incident-Based Reporting System
- FBI Crime in the United States, 2017 (UCR)
- Female Victims of Sexual Violence
- Prison and Crime: A Complex Link (infographic comparing trends in crime rates with incarceration rates)
- Ten Economic Facts about Crime and Incarceration in the United States
- What Caused the Crime Decline 2015 Report by Brennan Center
Crime Victims
- Alaska Victim Survivor Advocate Roundtables Report Priorities Oct 2015
- Alaska Victimization Survey Report to the State Legislature February 2016 PowerPoint
- Alaska Victimization Survey UAA Website
- Crime Survivors Speak Report
- Descriptive Analysis of Assaults in Domestic Violence Incidents Reported to Alaska State Troopers 2004
- Needs Assessment Results for Alaska Victim Assistance Academy 2009
- Office of Victims' Rights Annual Report FY2014
- Stalking Victimization in the State of Alaska: Key Results from the 2015 Alaska Victimization Survey
- State v. Morgan and the Rights of Defendants and Victims in Sexual Assault Prosecutions
- Special Investigator’s Report on Alaska National Guard Sexual Harassment and Abuse Issues
- Violent Crimes Compensation Board FY 2004-FY-2014 Claims
Department of Corrections
- 2012 Gutierrez Memo on Factors Driving AK Prison Growth
- 2013 DOC PowerPoint for Joint Judiciary Hearing (Excerpt)
- 2014 Alaska DOC Performance Review
- 2016 Alaska Recidivism Reduction Plan
- ADOC Administrative Review Nov 2015 (prison deaths)
- ADOC Programs and Services
- AJSAC Fact Sheet on Criminal Justice Agency Operating Budgets 2001-2013
- DOC 2017 Offender Profile
- Alaska DOC Reentry Programs Overview 2012
- DOC 2013 Offender Profile
- DOC Population Counts for October 31, 2014
- DOC Reentry
- DOC Stats for Month of October 2014
- Final FY-2017 DOC Overview
- Hornby Zeller Report on MH Trust Beneficiaries in Alaska's DOC 2014*
- LRS 2014 Report on PACE Cost-Effectiveness
- OMB Webpage on DOC Performance*
- OMB Webpage on DOC Performance*
- Walker-Mallott Transition Team Report on Corrections January 2015
Domestic Violence
- Facts on Violence Against American Indian/Alaska Native Women
- Frontier of Injustice Alaska Native Victims of Domestic Violence
Drugs
- 2017 DPS Drug Annual Drug Report
- AJSAC Fact Sheet on Drug Arrests 2000-2011*
- Alaska Controlled Substances Overdose Statistics, LRS 2014
- Chart Comparing ACJC and CSAC
- Chart of States with Misdemeanor Simple Possession Statutes
- Controlled Substances Measures in Alaska Since 1983, LRS 2014
- DHSS Toxicology Findings Associated with Violent Deaths in Alaska 2003-2012
- The Dope on Drug Sentencing
- DPS Drug Seizure Dashboard
- Drug Enforcement in the United States: History, Policy and Trends October 2014 CRS
- Drug War Détente? A Review of State-level Drug Law Reform, 2009-2013, Vera Institute
- Economic Costs of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Alaska. 2012 Update*
- Fiscal Impact of Reclassifying Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance IV, LRS 2013
- History of Drug Enforcement in the United States 2014 Congressional Research Service
- NCSL Prevention of Prescription Drug Overdose and Abuse July 2014
- NCSL State Prescription Drug Return, Reuse and Recycling Laws, as of January 2015
- NCSL Synthetic Drug Threats January 2015
- Partial Comparison of Alaska and Federal CS Schedules
- Public Safety Aspects of the Heroin Abuse Epidemic
- Report on Reclassifying Nonviolent Drug Possession Crimes
- The State of Sentencing 2014 Developements in Policy and Practice
DUI
- NHTSA 1999 Examination of DWI Conviction Rate Procedures
- NHTSA 2006 Digest of Impaired Driving
- NHTSA 2008 Fact Sheet Administrative License Revocation
- NHTSA 2008 Update of Vehicle Sanction Laws and Their Application
- NHTSA 2010 Key Features for Ignition Interlock Programs
- NHTSA 2011 Evaluation of Minnesota's Plate Impoundment Law
- NHTSA 2012 Breath Test Refusals and impact on Prosecutions
- NHTSA 2012 State BAC and Reports on Drivers in Fatal Crashes Practices, and Results, 1997-2009
- NHTSA 2012 Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring Case Studies
- NHTSA 2013 Alcohol and Highway Safety
- NHTSA 2013 Digest of Impaired Driving And Selected Beverage Control Laws
- NHTSA 2013 Model Guideline for Ignition Interlock Device Programs
- NHTSA 2013 Washington’s Target Zero Teams Project
- NHTSA 2014 DUI Screening for Risk and Needs
- NHTSA 2014 DWI Recidivism in the United States
- NHTSA 2014 Ignition Interlock: An Investigation into Rural AZ Judges' Perceptions
- NHTSA 2014 Ignition Interlocks What You Need to Know
- NHTSA 2014 Interlock Research Symposium PowerPoint
- NHTSA Driver License Compliance Status in Fatal Crashes
- TRB 2013 Countermeasures to Address Impaired Driving Offenders A Symposium
- TIRF 2012 Report on Alaska Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program
Economics
- 2009 ISER Research Summary on the Cost of Crime
- Economic Costs of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Alaska. 2012 Update*
Electronic Monitoring
Evidence-Based Practices
- AK Results First Initiative - Initial Findings
- Evidence Based Practices in the Criminal Justice System: An Annotated Bibliography NIC 2013
Jails
- Correctional Control Incarceration and Supervision by State 2016
- Incarceration's Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America (Vera Institute 2015)
- Infographic: The Misuse of Jails in America (Vera Institute 2015)
- Max Out: The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision
Juvenile Justice
- 2011 DJJ Report on Whether Use of Juv. LSI Reduces Recidivism (AJC 2012)
- Juvenile Justice Referrals in Alaska, 2003-2013*
- Minor Consuming Alcohol Conference Webpage*
Law Enforcement
Mental Health
- Hornby Zeller Report on MH Trust Beneficiaries in Alaska's DOC, 2014*
- UNLV Law School Review of Alaska Mental Health Statutes
Pretrial Diversion
- Alaska Pretrial Intervention Found Successful_Alaska Justice Forum 1988
- Creating An Effective Pretrial Program: A Toolkit for Practitioners
- Diversion as an Evidence Based Decision Point (PP)
- Evaluation of the Alaska Pretrial Intervention Program 1988
- The Evidence-Based Pretrial Diversion Model NAPSA 2012
- No Entry- A Survey of Criminal Justice Diversion Programs and Initiatives
- Pretrial Diversion and the Law PJI 2008
- Pretrial Diversion The Overlooked Pretrial Services Evidence Based Practice
- Pretrial Diversion Practices Research Summary 2010
- Pretrial Diversion Today Best and Most Promising Pretrial Diversion Practices in the Field NAPSA 2012 PP
- Promising Practices in Pretrial Diversion NAPSA BJA Study 2006
- Sample MOA PTD Agreement
- Statutory Creation of Pretrial Diversion Programs NCSL
- Stevens v. State (unreported Alaska App. 1989)
- Stobaugh v. State (Alaska 1980)
Pretrial, Trial and Appellate Process
- Caseflow Management Resource Guide, National Center for State Courts 2019
- Alaska State Court Time to Disposition FY2014
Probation and Parole
Public Safety
Racial Inequity
Recidivism
- 2007 Criminal Recidivism in Alaska (AJC)
- 2007 Recidivism in Alaska's Felony Therapeutic Courts (AJC)
- Criminal Recidivism in Alaska, 2008 and 2009 (AJC 2011)
- HB266 - Recidivism Reduction Plan report (2015)
- Recidivism Among Federal Offenders: A Comprehensive Overview March 2016
- Recidivism in AK's Therapeutic Courts for Addictions and DOC Institutional Substance Abuse Programs (AJC 12)
- Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 30 States in 2005: Patterns from 2005 to 2010
Restitution
Restoration of Rights Project (NACDL)
- Loss and Restoration of Civil Rights and Firearms Privileges
- State Law Relief from Federal Firearms Act Disabilities: State by State Comparison
- Characteristics of Pardon Authorities: State by State Comparison
- Judicial Expungement Sealing and Set-Aside: State by State Comparison
- Consideration of Criminal Record in Licensing and Employment: State by State Comparison
Restorative Justice
- 2007 Repor t Restorative Justice: The Evidence by Strang and Sherman
- 2013 Review of Restorative Justice Conferencing by Strang et al.
- A Glance at Restorative Justice Programs in Colorado (2014)
- Final Colorado Enactment Restorative Justice HB 13-1254
- Justice for All: An Indigenous Community-Based Approach to Restorative Justice in Alaska
- Restorative Justice Colorado Webpage
- Restorative Justice Legislation Webpage
- Restorative Justice Online Webpage
- Restorative Justice: Theory, Processes and Application in Rural Alaska
Rural Criminal Justice
- 1999 Alaska Commission on Rural Governance and Empowerment Report
- 2012 Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission Report
- Advancing Tribal Court Criminal Jurisdiction in Alaska
- Alaska Rural Justice Issues A Selected Bibliography 2006
- Alvarado Revisited A Missing Element in Alaska's Quest to Provide Impartial Juries for Rural Alaskans
- Book Review Alaska Natives and American Laws by Case and Voluck
- Tribal Courts Directory Link*
- Tribal Courts Issue of The Alaska Justice Forum Fall 2014/Winter 2015*
- Tribal Jurisdiction in Alaska 2012 (Alaska Legal Services Corporation)*
Sentencing Reform
- Crossing the Line: An Analysis of Problems with Classifying Recidivist Misdemeanor Offenses as Felonies
- The Dope on Drug Sentencing
- Ending Mass Incarceration Charting a new Justice Reinvestment
- Evidence-Based Policy Making (Pew 2014)
- Fewer Prisoners, Less Crime: A Tale of Three States
- How New York City Reduced Mass Incarceration: A Model for Change?
- Justice Reinvestment Initiative State Assessment Report
- NCSL Principles of Effective State Sentencing and Corrections Policy
- The National Summit on Justice Reinvestment and Public Safety, 2011
- Playbook for Change? States Reconsider Mandatory Sentences, Vera Institute
- Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies 2013
- Recalibrating Justice: A Review of 2013 State Sentencing and Corrections Trends
- Reducing Incarceration for Technical Violations in Louisiana*
- Reducing Recidivism: States Deliver Results, 2014
- The State of Sentencing 2014 Developments in Policy and Practice
- Trends in Sentencing and Corrections NCSL July 2013
Sentencing Studies
- The Growth on Incarceration in the United States, Exploring Causes and Consequences (2014)
- Investigating the Impact of Pretrial Detention on Sentencing Outcomes, November 2013
- Time Served The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms (2012)
Sex Offenders
- AKDOC Sex Offender Management White Paper 03-21-16
- AKDOC Sex Offender Programming Brief 03-25-16
- DOC Sex Offender Population
- Evidence - Based Adult Corrections Programs: What Works and What Does Not
- The Effectiveness of Treatment for Adult Sexual Offenders
- Recidivism of Child Pornography Offenders
- Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994
* Documents marked with an asterisk are listed in more than one category
