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36 Alaska Just. F. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/aljufor36 and id is 1 raw text is: Study examines sexual assault survivor experiences Ingrid D. Johnson, Randi Breager, and Katherine H. TePas Questions of justice What is justice? Whether posed in the classroom, workplace or community, this question elicits numerous responses. Does justice mean holding an offender account- able for their actions? Does it mean punish- ing the offender, regardless of accountabil- ity? Ensuring a fair trial, where a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt? Is justice proce- dural, where fair and respectful treatment is an outcome in itself? Is it all, many, or none of the above? If jus- tice is multifaceted, are certain forms of justice more impor- tant, and should they be prioritized over others? Although these questions make for lively theoretical discussions, they also have practical implications. Two overlapping functions of state- sanctioned criminal Image credit: Nick Foote/Shu justice systems are to deter crime and to ac- knowledge and reaffirm the legal values of society (Gottfredson & Gottfredson, 1988). However, victimization surveys have consis- tently found that rates of reporting crimes to the criminal justice system are low, with the 2017 National Crime Victimization Sur- vey (NCVS) finding that only about half of victimization experiences were reported to utterstock.com police (Morgan & Truman, 2018). When our criminal justice system only hasthe possibility of meting out justice for half of crimes com- mitted, its ability to deter crime and enforce values is called into question (Gottfredson & Gottfredson, 1988). It is therefore worth ask- ing: What is justice for victims of crime, and Please see SAKI, page 7

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