Myrstol, Brad A.Cravez, PamelaUAA Justice Center2018-04-022018-04-022018-04-02Alaska Justice Forum 34(4), Spring 20180893-8903http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8230Print edition PDF is of the Spring 2018 issue as printed and mailed to subscribers, with complete reference lists added. Online edition PDF compiles expanded versions of print stories that appeared in the Spring 2018 online edition, which are also available individually.The Spring 2018 print edition of the Alaska Justice Forum features articles on Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs) as first responders in sexual abuse of a minor and sexual assault cases, findings from the 2014–2015 Alaska Victimization Survey for the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, Alaska's progress on the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, and a review of a book on the Sequential Intercept Model, which offers conceptual points at which a person with serious mental illness could be diverted from the criminal justice system. The Spring 2018 online edition includes expanded versions of print stories."High referral rate for VPSO-assisted sex assault cases" by Brad A. Myrstol / "Myrstol is new Justice Center Director" (editor's note) by Pamela Cravez / "Alaska Victimization Survey: Aleutian/Pribilof Islands" / "Sexual Assault Kit Initiative: Alaska making progress" by Pamela Cravez / "Sequential Intercept Model: Framework for a ‘wicked problem’" by Pamela Cravez / References for the Spring 2018 print issueen-USAlaska Department of Public SafetyAlaska State TroopersAlaska Victimization Survey (AVS)Aleutian Islands, AKcorrectionscriminal case processingdiversion programsdomestic violenceintimate partner violence (IPV)law enforcementMatanuska-Susitna Borough, AKmental healthoffender reentryparaprofessional policepolicePribilof Islands, AKrecidivismrural justicesexual abuse of minorssexual assaultValdez-Cordova Census Area, AKvictims of crimeviolence against womenJournal