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4 Alaska Just. F. 1 (1987-1988)

handle is hein.journals/aljufor4 and id is 1 raw text is: ALASKA JUSTICE FORUM A Publication of the hJstice Alaska Statistical Analysis Unit Scan o i Spring 1987 UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, ANCHORAGE Vol. 4, No. 1 THE FORUM RETURNS -John Angell With this Spring 1987 issue, the School of Justice at the University of Alaska, Anchorage resumes publication of the Alaska Justice Forum, after a hiatus of seven years. The revived Forum will, we hope, serve the same goals as those of the original publication: to in- crease understanding of crime and justice system operations and to contribute to the improvement of the administration of justice in Alaska. The School of Justice, which houses both the Justice Center and the Alaska Statistical Analysis Unit, has statewide responsibility for aca- demic and public education and re- search in the areas of crime, law, law enforcement, and the administration of both civil and criminal justice. It is this mission which the revived Forum will advance through its presentation of statistical data and its discussion of research and developments in the field of justice. The original Forum, published from 1977. to 1980, covered such land- mark Alaska activities as the revision of the Alaska criminal code, the implemen- tation of the Department of Law policy against plea bargaining, and the develop- ment of a state master plan for Correc- tions. The new Forum will continue this tradition of broad coverage of Alaska justice issues. It is based on a recognition that the efficiency and effectiveness of the justice system is dependent upon the extent to which people in the system have information about operations throughout the system. The Forum will assist not only in providing such information, but also in providing the most current justice data available and references to additional sources of data which may be useful to justice personnel. Discussion of current justice issues in Alaska will reflect the results of research and analysis performed by the arena for broad and of justice issues. John Angell, Dean Justice Center and the Statistical Analysis Unit and of national studies done through the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to articles and research findings, the Forum will include timely informa- tion on training opportunities, meetings, and publications in the field of justice. Financial support for the Forum is provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. It will be published quarterly and will be provided at no cost in single copies to individuals, agencies, and organizations with an interest in the administration of justice in Alaska. We look forward to serving Alaska through the revival of the Alaska Justice Forum, and we invite your contribu- tions-articles, letters, suggestions, and comments. We plan for this publication truly to function as a forum: an Alaska inclusive discussion OBSCIS: A Correctional Management Tool -Roger Endell The Offender Based State Cor- rectional Information System (OBSCIS) is a computer-based data management tool designed to serve the administrative needs of correctional systems. Although the system was developed under the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) in the late 1970s for general use within corrections departments through- out the United States, only a very few states have successfully adopted it, and even fewer have been able to realize any of its potential as a management tool. In 1983 the Alaska Department of Correc- tions became one of the first correctional systems to adopt OBSCIS. Its experience with the system may be instructive for other states. The implementation of OBSCIS in Alaska accompanied the change in the correctional system from the status of a division within the Department of Health and Social Services to that of a separate department of state government. This change in the status of Correc- tions was precipitated by a rapid growth in state correctional needs. The correc- tional system in Alaska is a comprehen- sive adult system which processes both males and females, pre-trial and post-trial detainees, and misdemeanants and felons. In December 1980, 861 offenders were incarcerated within the Alaska system; in early 1987 there are over 2,000 within the same system. This growth is the result See OBSCIS, page 2

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