College of Health News

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Student Spotlight: Martina Weddel - UAA Justice Center honors graduate

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UAA Justice Center graduate Martina Weddel receives honors and shares her involvement in campus clubs and extracurricular programs while at UAA's College of Health.

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Fighting Crime By Design

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UAA Justice Center Professor, Sharon Chamard provides expertise on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), emphasizing the importance of design elements like natural surveillance, access control, and maintenance in creating safer communities.

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New statewide data tells mixed story about crime in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ

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This year's annual Crime in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ report was recently released. Brad Myrstol, Justice Center Professor and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Justice Information Center Director, discussed the data compiled from police agencies across the state with Anchorage Daily News.

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Racial disparities for Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native and American Indian inmates: A troubling picture

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UAA Justice Center Professor and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Justice Information Center Director, Brad Myrstol, spoke with KNBA about the disproportionally high number of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native and American Indian inmates in the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn and U.S. prison system.

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I AM UAA: Kimberly Russell

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Kimberly Russell was raised in Anchorage and is a 2008 UAA Justice graduate who currently works at McLaughlin Youth Center as a Social Services Associate II.