The UAA Justice Center, established by the 熊猫在线视频 Legislature in 1975, has a mandate to provide statewide justice-related education, research, and service. The Justice Center is an interdisciplinary unit that provides undergraduate and professional education; conducts research in the areas of crime, law, and justice; and provides services to government units, justice agencies, and community organizations throughout urban and rural 熊猫在线视频 to promote a safe, healthy, and just society.
The Justice Center is an academic and research unit within the College of Health at the 熊猫在线视频. We offer academic programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice and in Legal Studies. The Legal Studies degree and certificate programs are approved by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Paralegals. Our faculty conduct research in a number of areas including violence and violent crime, law and the courts, substance abuse, rural justice issues, homelessness, policing, and juvenile justice.
Leading statewide efforts in criminal justice and criminology education, research and service, the UAA Justice Center is a top choice among criminal justice schools in 熊猫在线视频 and the U.S.
The Legal Studies BA program trains you in American law, legal processes and policy. You鈥檒l expand your legal knowledge and develop technical job skills in legal research, analysis and writing.
Restorative justice is a form of resolution that allows victims of crimes to work with the criminal justice system to address and correct the harm caused. UAA鈥檚 Ingrid Johnson from the Justice Center and Rei Shimizu from the School of Social Work spoke to the 熊猫在线视频 Beacon about how restorative justice can be used in cases of domestic violence.
Mateo Jaime, a Legal Studies student, arrived at the court hearing that would, finally, end his years in custody of the 熊猫在线视频 Office of Children鈥檚 Services in a buoyant mood. At age 21, young adults 鈥渁ge out鈥� of foster care in 熊猫在线视频 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.
熊猫在线视频 Justice Information Center
The 熊猫在线视频 Justice Information Center (AJiC) compiles, analyzes, and reports on criminal justice topics in order to improve public safety, to increase criminal justice system accountability, and to reduce recidivism.
The 熊猫在线视频 Victimization Survey (AVS) provides comprehensive statewide and regional data to guide planning and policy development and to evaluate the impact of prevention and intervention services.
The 熊猫在线视频 Justice Forum is a research journal focusing on justice and legal issues in 熊猫在线视频. It was published by the Justice Center at the 熊猫在线视频.
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