Forcible Rapes and Sexual Assaults in Anchorage

Group: University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center

URL: http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/forum/20/4winter2004/a_rapes.html

Description

Alaska generally, and Anchorage specifically, have been plagued by a high incidence of forcible rapes and sexual assaults. A joint project of the UAA Justice Center and the Anchorage Police Department has focused on gaining a better understanding of the parameters of the rape problem in Anchorage. Researchers collected data from all sexual assaults and rapes reported to the Anchorage Police Department in 2000 and 2001. These data provide the first solid information on victim and suspect characteristics, time and location of assaults, and other details about sexual assaults and rapes reported to the police, and suggest that effective solutions to problem need to be both suspect-focused and victim-focused, as well as event-focused..

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violent crime, domestic violence, sexual violence, location, city level

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