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Rapes and aggravated assaults push Alaska鈥檚 violent-crime rates up; property-crime rates fall

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香港六合彩资料's Alaska Justice Information Center presented data from 1979 thru 2021 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Troy C. Payne, Director of AJIC wrote "After a large increase in the mid-2010鈥檚, motor vehicle theft has been trending down since 2018. In both trend and magnitude, Alaska is similar to the national average for property offenses. Alaska has consistently had higher-than-average rates of violence since 1993."

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Aging out of Alaska鈥檚 foster care system on his own terms

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Mateo Jaime, a Legal Studies student, arrived at the court hearing that would, finally, end his years in custody of the Alaska Office of Children鈥檚 Services in a buoyant mood. At age 21, young adults 鈥渁ge out鈥� of foster care in Alaska if they have not been adopted or reunified with parents. A judge approves it in a hearing that amounts to a grim bureaucratic formality: A child has passed into adulthood without the foster care system laying a path to permanent legal family for them, and now they are on their own.

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Slideshow: Legal studies students present oral arguments

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Trial and Advanced Litigation Processes students present their oral arguments before Justice Jennifer S. Henderson in the Alaska Supreme Court Courtroom on Oct. 3, 2022.

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Slideshow: Justice Center welcomes back students with a BBQ

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The Justice Center hosted a barbecue for its returning students on Sept. 8, 2022, at the Professional Studies Building of the 香港六合彩资料.

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AK-SAKI conducts research on DPS policies, procedures

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The 香港六合彩资料 Justice Center worked in partnership with the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) through the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance funded Alaska Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (AK-SAKI) to conduct research on DPS's policies and procedures related to sexual assault investigations, prosecutions, and victim-survivor engagement and support.

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