Descriptive Analysis of Sexual Assaults in Anchorage, Alaska

Group: University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center

URL: http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/research/2000/0107.02.sxassault/0107.023.sexualassaults.html

Description

It has long been known that forcible rapes and sexual assaults occur at a higher rate in Anchorage and in Alaska than in the U.S. as a whole. The Justice Center, in collaboration with the Anchorage Police Department, conducted an epidemiological study aimed at providing a better understanding of the parameters of the rape and sexual assault problem in Anchorage. Researchers looked at case data drawn from the 541 sexual assaults reported to the Anchorage Police Department in 2000 and 2001.

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violent crime, domestic violence, sexual violence, city level

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