The Alaska Criminal Justice Commission announced the release of its new report, which found that the state's rates of domestic violence remain 'alarmingly high.'
, which focuses on Alaska’s exceptionally high rates of domestic violence, and how the state responds to this type of violence and tries to prevent it in the future.The commission performs the Alaska Victimization Survey every five years, asking respondents whether they have experienced sexual violence, violence from an intimate partner or both. The survey performed in 2020 found that nearly half of adult Alaska women — 48% — have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime.
While Alaska’s rates of domestic violence remain high, there is also a response to domestic violence from Alaska’s state agencies, nonprofits and tribal organizations. Support services like victim advocates link victims and survivors to resources and guides them through court proceedings. “It is common for people who’ve committed one crime to go through the criminal justice system and then to come back out and commit another crime, within a few years sometimes, just a year after they’re released from prison or after they’ve been convicted,” said Susanne DiPietro, executive director of the Alaska Judicial Council. “So that is something that the entire criminal justice system is very concerned about.
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