SAC Publication Digest - May 2005 - Justice Research and Statistics ...

SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR WOMEN INCARCERATED IN OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Center
January 2004, 410 pp.
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Special Task Force for
Women Incarcerated in Oklahoma. The purpose of the task force, created by the 2003 Oklahoma
legislature, was to determine the causes of Oklahoma’s high female incarceration rate. The
report presents findings, conclusions and recommendations in four areas: diverting women
from becoming offenders, alternatives within the criminal justice system, rehabilitative efforts
while offenders are incarcerated, and reintegration efforts after incarceration.
TULSA COUNTY RELEASE SURVEY 2003 WOMEN OFFENDERS STUDY
Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Center
February 2004, 71 pp.
This report provides a series of charts and graphs summarizing information on 517 female
offenders released from the Tulsa County jail in 2003. Information is included on a variety of
demographic variables, length of stay in jail, reason for release, criminal history, bond amount,
and fines and costs paid.
FIREARMS
ALASKA
ANCHORAGE PERCEPTIONS: SANCTIONS AND GUN CRIME DETERRENCE
Brad Myrstol
Summer 2004
This report summarizes the findings of a random telephone survey of 585 residents of
Anchorage, Alaska, designed to obtain perceptions regarding sanctions for gun crime. Survey
items measured the perceived likelihood of the certainty, celerity, and severity of sanctions
being administered for an individual committing a gun crime. The findings showed that
perceptions varied across different stages of the criminal sanctioning process, with respondents
perceiving that it is least likely that a person carrying a gun illegally would get caught by
authorities, and most likely that a person convicted of a gun crime would receive a long prison
sentence. Perceptions also varied by demographic characteristics of respondents, such as age,
gender, race, education, income, and work status.
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