UAA Justice CenterBureau of Justice Statistics2014-04-252014-04-251995-09-01Alaska Justice Forum 12(3), Fall 1995http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3268The Fall 1995 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents the second of two articles reporting results of a statewide public opinion survey on community and public safety problems in Alaska; responses about quality of life, community satisfaction, fear of crime, crime trends, and willingness to help with public safety activities are presented by area (Southeast Alaska, Valdez/Kenai/Mat-Su, Anchorage, Fairbanks, rural Alaska, and total statewide). A Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that, of an estimated 9,600 murder defendants in the nation's 75 most populous counties in 1988, six percent (an estimated 540 defendants) were persons charged with murdering their spouses."Public Safety and Quality of Life: Alaska Perceptions" / "Spouse Murder Defendants in Large Urban Counties (A BJS Report)"en-USAlaska Nativesbush justicecommunity surveycriminal case processingdomestic violencefear of crimehomicideintimate partner violence (IPV)public opinion surveypublic safetyrural justiceviolent deathJournal