Thursday, March 26, 2009

Dr. Rosay presents violence against women research to Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee

Dr. André Rosay, interim director of the Justice Center, gave a presentation to the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Alaska State Legislature of Justice Center research on violence against women on March 25, 2009. Dr. Rosay also answered questions from members of the committee: Senator Hollis French (D-Anchorage), Chair; Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage), Vice Chair; Senator Lesil McGuire (R-Anchorage); and Senator Gene Therriault (R-North Pole).

Dr. Rosay's Powerpoint presentation is available (in PDF format) at the Justice Center Web Site:
  • "UAA Research on Violence Against Women" (Powerpoint slide presentation) by André B. Rosay. Slide presentation presented to the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee, Juneau, AK, March 25, 2009. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. Audio of the presentation is also available.
Audio of Dr. Rosay's presentation, lasting about 1 hour 20 minutes, is archived in two locations:
  • Gavel to Gavel Alaska, a service of KTOO-TV in Juneau which provides live and taped coverage of the Alaska Legislature, state administration, and the Alaska Supreme Court. The file is in mp3/mpu format, and can be listened to in most media players including Winamp and iTunes.

  • Senate Judiciary Audio Links for 3/25/09, Alaska State Legislature. Audio files here requires download of FTR Player (Windows only), which can be downloaded at the Legislature's website.
Members of the committee were also provided with a packet containing the first ten issues of Alaska Justice Forum Reprints, all of which pertain to violence against women