Some Links You Might Find Helpful

Addiction/Substance Abuse

 http://www.ncadd.org/facts/index.html - Founded in 1944 by Marty Mann, the first woman to find long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) provides education, information, help and hope to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates.

http://alcoholism.about.com/library/weekly/aa980415.htm - Article summarizing 1998 Bureau of Justice Statistics report on Alcohol and crime. Links to many resources

http://www.aegis.com/files/Misc/1999/Hepp991201ref.pdf - January, 1998. Behind Bars: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

http://www.hbo.com/addiction - Through the lenses of several highly accomplished documentary filmmakers, the current state of addiction in America is explored in nine segments, punctuated by the latest thinking on treatment and recovery by leading experts on drug and alcohol addiction.

http://www.hbo.com/addiction/understanding_addiction/resources.html - A list of links for resources for understanding addiction.

Alaskan Corrections

http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/_download/cjc2.pdf - January, 2003. Recommendations of the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission. Alaska Judicial Council.

http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/reports/cjacfinal.pdf - May, 2000. Final Report of the Alaska Criminal Jusice Assessment Commission. Alaska Judicial Council.

Alaska Native

- October, 2000. “Alcoholism and crime linked in Alaska http://www.indiancountry.com/?611Native villages.” Indian Country Today (periodical).

http://www.alaskaneconomy.uaa.alaska.edu/Publications/Native%20Population%20Overview.pdf - May, 2003. “Alaska Native Population Basics.” UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research.

Art Therapy

http://www.artslynx.org/heal/ - ArtsLynx.com, an international list of resources for the arts. A list of links to a number of arts related therapy programs.

Crime/General

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/recidivismprog/execsum.html - State of Florida Department of Corrections. Executive Summary of a 24 month follow up study of the effects of academic, vocational and substance abuse program on recidivism.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs - Bureau of Justice Statistics

http://www.ncpa.org/hotlines/juvcrm/jchln.html#2 - National Center for Policy Analysis Crime Links page.

http://www.soros.org/crime/index.html - Open Society Institute Criminal Justice Initiative. Many links.

Demographics/Economics

http://www.labor.state.ak.us/research/cgin/sf3profiles/ak.pdf - Census 2000 summary data for AK as a whole and for each individual census district.

http://www.jedc.org/profile.htm - Juneau Economic Development Council. 2002 study of regional / Juneau economics.

Education

Behavioral Health Community Forum Presentation - Juneau, April 26, 2007
Download a PowerPoint Presentation (must have PowerPoint on your computer to play) and the Affiliation Agreement (.pdf)

http://www.prisonactivist.org/pipermail/prisonact-list/2001-November/004371.html - November, 2001. New York Times.“Inmate Education is Found to Lower Risk of New Arrest.” Statistics and names of organizations in text.

Correctional Education Association. “Education Reduces Crime, Three State Recidivism Study, 2003.” This is a summary. For the full text, go to http://www.ceanational.org/documents/EdReducesCrime.pdf. Warning: takes a long time to load.

http://www.uc.edu/corrections The University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute disseminates best practices for changing offender behavior in communities, facilities and agencies across the nation.

http://www.uc.edu/criminaljustice/ First established in 1970. The Division has 20 full-time faculty members, who serve more than 800 undergraduates, 300 masters students and 50 doctoral candidates. Programs include: Criminal Justice Baccalaureate Degree Programs, Addictions Studies Baccalaureate Degree Program, Paralegal Degree Program, The Traditional Master's Degree, The Distance Learning Master's Degree, and The Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) Program.

http://www.ninestar.com A non-profit organization dedicated to developing Alaska's workforce through quality education surrounding literacy, job readiness and professional development.

Mental Illness

http://www.ncpa.org/hotlines/juvcrm/pd120500b.html - National Center for Policy Analysis. “Are We Criminalizing Mental Illness in the Young?” Summary of New York Times article 12/5/2000.

http://www.psychlaws.org/BriefingPapers/BP8.htm - “Violence and Untreated Severe Mental Illness.” 2003. The Treatment Advocacy Center is a nonprofit organization working to eliminate barriers to treatment of severe mental illness. Also, http://www.psychlaws.org/BriefingPapers/index.htm.

http://www.sltrib.com/2002/feb/02102002/commenta/175131.htm - “Committing Crime is Fastest Ticket to Treatment of Mental Illness.” Salt Lake Tribune, 2/10/02.

http://www.karisable.com/crmh.htm - “Crime and the Mentally Ill.” Good place to go if you need case study material; mainly links to stories.

http://www.soros.org/crime/research_brief__1.html - Open Society Institute. “Mental Illness in US Jails: Diverting the nonviolent, low-level offender.” November, 1996.

Community Behavioral Health Partner Sites

Link to International Corrections and Prisons Association Link to American Probation and Parole Association National GAINS Center Logo  Link to International    Link to Alaska Peace Officers Association

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