Thursday, October 6, 2011

2011 victimization survey results for Fairbanks to be released October 7


The results of the 2011 Victimization Survey for Fairbanks and the Fairbanks North Star Borough will be introduced at a press conference on Friday, October 7, at 12 noon at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Chambers. This survey was conducted in Fairbanks and the Fairbanks North Star Borough through a contract with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (CDVSA). A brief overview of the survey will be followed by a presentation of the data and a discussion of the results.

This victimization survey was conducted in Fairbanks and the Fairbanks North Star Borough from April 2011 to June 2011.  The survey was designed to measure the lifetime and past year exposure to sexual violence and intimate partner violence.

The press conference is held jointly by the Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living (IAC), the Fairbanks Domestic Violence Task Force, the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, and the UAA Justice Center.

More Information:
For more background on this project, visit http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/avs.
For more information about CDVSA, visit http://www.dps.state.ak.us/CDVSA/.
For more information about IAC, visit http://www.iacnvl.org/.