Dr. Rosay Appointed to 2017 Program Committee for American Society of Criminology

Dr. André Rosay, Justice Center Director was appointed to serve as Chair of the Sexual Violence sub-area for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society ofCriminology.  The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.  The theme of the 2017 Annual Meeting is “Crime, Legitimacy and Reform: Fifty Years after the President’s Commission.”  The 2017 Annual Meeting marks the 50th Anniversary of the publication of the report by President Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice titled “The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society.”

Justice Center faculty present at American Society of Criminology 2016 Annual Meeting in New Orleans

Drs.  André Rosay, Troy Payne, Marny Rivera, Brad Myrstol, Sharon Chamard, Allan Barnes, Cory R. Lepage, and Lindsey Blumenstein made presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in New Orleans in November. This year's conference theme was "The Many Colors of Crime & Justice."

Justice Center faculty made 10 presentations on a range of topics: data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) -- including elder abuse and polyvictimization, homeless young adults in Anchorage, civil legal needs of crime victims in Alaska,  data centers for criminal justice research, police referrals for prosecution in sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor cases, public inebriates, and classroom teaching methods.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

L to r: Dr. Cory R. Lepage and Dr. Marny Rivera at
their ASC presentation.

Justice Center faculty present at American Society of Criminology 2015 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.

Drs. Allan Barnes, Cory Lepage, André Rosay, Troy Payne, Jason Brandeis, Brad Myrstol, and Lindsey Blumenstein made presentations at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Washington, DC in November.  Daniel Reinhard (Justice BA ‘14) also presented with Dr. Payne about problem complexity in urban areas.  This year's conference theme was "The Politics of Crime & Justice."

Justice Center faculty made nine presentations on topics including violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men, Village Public Safety Office (VPSO) involvement in sexual assault investigations, Alaska Victimization Survey data related to sexual violence and negative health outcomes for Alaska Native and American Indian women, Town Square Park and problem complexity in urban areas, spatial patterns of crime, pre-trial diversion, domestic violence, marijuana legalization in Alaska, and classroom teaching methods.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

L to r: Justice faculty - Dr. Lindsey Blumenstein, Dr. André Rosay, Dr. Brad Myrstol,
and Ingrid Johnson, UAF alum, now a doctoral student at Temple University
Criminal Justice Program, at the conference.

Justice Center faculty make presentations at 70th Annual American Society of Criminology Conference

Justice and Legal Studies faculty presented on a variety of topics at the recent American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in San Francisco, November 19-22, 2014. The theme for 2014 was "Criminology at the Intersection of Oppression."

Faculty presentations included:

Dr. André B. Rosay
Dr. Brad A. Myrstol
Roundtable on The National Institute of Justice’s Program of Research Examining Violence Against Indian Women

Dr. Allan Barnes
"Adapting Team-Based POGIL Techniques to Justice Classes: Is the Lecture Dead?"

Dr. Sharon Chamard
"Late Night Safety in Downtown Anchorage"

Dr. Marny Rivera
"The Impact of Early Exposure to Violence and Adversities on Youth Development and Offending"
and
Roundtable on Tackling False Impressions and Bias: Teaching the Tough Stuff in Criminal Justice

Dr. Troy Payne
Prof. Jason Brandeis, J.D.
"Marijuana Legalization in Alaska: Assessing the Potential Criminal Justice Impact"

Dr. Cory R. Lepage
"Conceptualizations of Justice from the Inside Looking Out: A Rationalization for the Perceptions and Satisfaction by Justices in Rural Courts"
and
Roundtable honorary session for Austin T. Turk, Department of Sociology, University of California Riverside  – discussion of Dr. Turk’s work including his conflict theory in criminology. Dr. Turk died in 2013.

Dr. Lindsey Blumenstein
"Arrest Decision-Making of Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparison of Same-Sex versus Heterosexual Partners Using the National Incidence-Based Reporting System"

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

L to r: Dr. Allan Barnes, Justice faculty, and
Dr. Christian Pfeiffer, Director,
Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony,
Germany, one of the many international attendees.
Dr. Barnes presents research by Dr. Pfeiffer on traits
of judges and probation officers as part of his courses.

 

Justice faculty present at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Atlanta

Justice faculty presented on a variety of topics at the recent American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in Atlanta, November 20-23, 2013. The theme for 2013 is "Expanding the Core: Neglected Crimes, Groups, Causes and Policy Approaches."

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

Justice Center Faculty presentations included:

Estimates of Violence Against Alaska Native Women
Dr. André Rosay, UAA Justice Center Director 

Deflection of Offenders During "Bar Break" in Downtown Anchorage
Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice faculty

Identifying and Addressing the Civil Legal Needs of Crime Victims in Alaska
Dr. Marny Rivera and Dr. Cory R. Lepage, Justice faculty

The Path Shaw and McKay Did Not Take: The Policy Consequences of People versus Place Responses 
Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty; Kathleen Gallagher (Ph.D. candidate), Dr. John Eck, and Dr. James Frank, University of Cincinnati

Crime Analysts & Criminologists: Partnering for Crime Reduction - A Roundtable
Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty 

Justice Center faculty present at American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Chicago, November 2012

Justice Center faculty will be presenting at the 2012 American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Chicago, November 14-17.  The theme for the 2012 event is "Thinking about Context: Challenges for Crime and Justice."

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency. 

Thematic Panel: "Patterns of Violence Against Women in Alaska: Estimates, Correlates, and Batterer Interventions" 

Dr. André Rosay, Justice Center Director, Chair. This panel presents results from Alaskan studies designed as robust replications of two significant Outside studies.

"Estimates of Violence Against Women from the Alaska Victimization Survey"
Dr. André Rosay; Dr. Brad Myrstol, Justice faculty; and Katherine TePas, Office of the Governor, State of Alaska

"Health Correlates of Violence Against Women: Results from the Alaska Victimization Survey"
Dr. Marny Rivera, Dr. André Rosay, Justice Center; Dr. Gabriel Garcia, UAA Department of Health Sciences faculty; Katherine TePas, Office of the Governor, State of Alaska

"Rural and Urban Differences in Intimate Partner Violence: Estimates from the Alaska Victimization Survey"
Dr. Darryl Wood, Justice affiliate faculty, Washington State University - Vancouver; Dr. André Rosay; Katherine TePas, Office of the Governor, State of Alaska

"Evaluation of Fairbanks Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Pilot Project: Preliminary Results and Their Policy Implications"
Dr. Cory R. Lepage, Justice faculty

Thematic Panel: "Crime and Place: Examining Chronic Nuisance Regulations"

"Is Knowing Half the Battle? Improving Place Management through Chronic Nuisance Notification"
Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty, and Michele Arneson, Crime Analyst, Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department
 

Poster Session

"Predicting the Location of New Homeless Encampments"
Dr. Sharon Chamard, Justice faculty

Justice grad publishes article in journal of American Society of Criminology

G. Matthew Snodgrass, B.A. Justice with Research Honors '06, and currently a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy and Management at the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University, has co-authored an article, "Does the Time Cause the Crime? An Examination of the Relationship Between Time Served and Reoffending in the Netherlands," which appears in the November 2011 issue of Criminology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a publication of the American Society of Criminology. The article, which uses a sample of Dutch offenders serving an average of 6.7 months confinement to examine the relationship between time served in prison and future criminality, appears online.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

Justice faculty present at American Society of Criminology annual conference

Justice faculty will be presenting on a variety of topics at the 2011 annual American Society of Criminology Conference on November 16-19 in Washington, D.C.:

 "Using POGIL Techniques in Justice Related Classes: Considerations, Caveats and Conclusions
   Dr. Allan Barnes

"Do Housing Vouchers Increase Crime?"
"Criminogenic Features of Apartment Complexes: Effects of Place Management"
  Dr. Troy Payne

"Self-Protective Measures and Fear of Crime, Social Engagement, Collective Efficacy and Neighborhood Crime Levels"
 Dr. Sharon Chamard

"Estimates of Violence against Women in Alaska: Results from the Alaska Victimization Survey"
"Intimate Partner Violence against Alaska Native and Non-Native Women: Estimates from the Alaska Victimization Survey"
"Reporting of Sexual Assault Victimizations to Police: Results from Two Alaska Cities"
 Dr. André Rosay and Dr. Brad Myrstol

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

Justice faculty present at American Society of Criminology conference

Dr. Darryl Wood and Dr. Marny Rivera

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice faculty, and Dr. Darryl Wood, Justice affiliate faculty, presented a poster session on the "Alaska Victimization Survey: From Research to Policy and Practice" at the November 2010 American Society of Criminology conference in San Francisco.

Co-authors for the poster presentation are André Rosay, Justice Center; Katherine TePas, Alaska Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Coordinator; Darryl S. Wood, Washington State University Vancouver; and Marny Rivera and Brad Myrstol, Justice Center.

The Alaska Victimization Survey provides the first definitive measures of the incidence and prevalence of violence against women in Alaska.

Justice faculty speak at 2010 American Society of Criminology conference

Justice faculty will be presenting on several topics at the 2010 American Society of Criminology conference in San Francisco November 17-20.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice faculty, is presenting a poster session describing the "Alaska Victimization Survey: From Research to Policy and Practice" on November 18.

Dr. Rivera is also participating in a thematic panel session on November 17 and presenting her paper on "Promoting Reunification through Family Focused Collaborative Treatment Services and System Change" related to the Permanency Project offered in southern Oregon.

Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty, will discuss his paper, "Does Changing Ownership Change Crime? An Analysis of Apartment Ownership and Crime in Cincinnati"on November 19. He will present a poster session, "Section 8 Housing and Crime: Screwed or Skewed?" with his co-authors from the University of Cincinnati School of Criminal Justice on November 18.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

Justice Center faculty to present at American Society of Criminology in November

Several Justice Center faculty will be making presentations at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in Philadelpha, November 4-7, 2009:

Dr. Sharon Chamard will present on "Chronic Public Inebriate Movement Patterns: Response to Disruptions in Preferred Environments" on Thursday, November 5, 2009.

Dr. Brad Myrstol will present on "The Drug Use Trajectories of Arrestees" on Friday, November 6, 2009.

Dr. Marny Rivera and Jennifer McMullen, Research Assistant, will make a presentation on "Effects of an Anti-Methamphetamine Program" on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Dr. Rivera is the principal investigator for the evaluation project of the Alaska Meth Education Project.