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Contents
JRSA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
SAC Directors Elect JRSA's Executive Committee for 2012-2013
Statistical Analysis Centers Win Awards for Outstanding Publications
Missouri SAC Wins 2012 SAC Web Site Award
NATIONAL SCENE
Leveraging National Standards to Accelerate Recidivism Studies: Nlets, BJS, and the States
New Chief of FBI Crime Statistics Unit Named
SBE and NIJ Formalize Research Collaboration
NRC Report Advocates Using Research to Shape Juvenile Justice Reform
JRSA NEWS
JRSA's IBRRC Posts Reports from Idaho, New Mexico, and Vermont SACs
JRSA Concludes Evaluation of Utah Mentoring Program
ASC Panel Highlights Illinois State Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
New Online Resources Available from NJJEC
SAC NEWS
New SAC Director Named in Alaska
News from Illinois, Iowa, Maine, New York, Oregon
The JRSA Forum is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. JRSA is a national nonprofit organization. For membership or other information, call (202) 842-9330, e-mail cjinfo@jrsa.org, or visit our Web site: http://www.jrsa.org.
Karen F. Maline, Editor
Nancy Michel, Managing Editor
JRSA OFFICERS AND STAFF:
Phillip Stevenson, President
Stephen Haas, Vice President
Carmen Dorsey, Secretary/ Treasurer
Lisa Broidy, Delegate
Janeena J. Wing, Delegate
David Olson, Appointed Delegate
Jackie Vandercook, Past President
Joan C. Weiss, Executive Director
Ali Burnett, Office Manager
Sandra Dayton, Director of Finance and Administration
Shawn Flower, Research Associate
Karen F. Maline, Director of Member Services
Nancy Michel, Director of Publications
Stan Orchowsky, Research Director
Marc Osman, Web Site Manager
Jason Trask, Program Associate
Lisa Walbolt Wagner, Research Associate
Carrie Williamson, Research Associate
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New SAC Director Named in Alaska
Dr. Brad Myrstol was appointed Director of the Statistical Analysis Center, University of Alaska, Anchorage (AJ-SAC) on September 7. Dr. Myrstol is an Assistant Professor of Justice, serving as a member of the Justice Center faculty since 2009. Immediately prior to joining the Justice Center, Dr. Myrstol was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas, where he also served as a Research Assistant Professor in the Community and Family Institute. Dr. Myrstol's current research spans three substantive areas: (1) public perceptions of police, (2) homelessness and criminal justice, and (3) the criminal justice response to violence against women. His most recent studies include an examination of the intersection of place and social capital on depressive symptomology of homeless persons, and a study of Alaska Native perceptions of police in Anchorage. Dr. Myrstol just completed a study of the discriminate validity of marijuana odor detection in police searches, and he currently serves as Co-Investigator of the Alaska Victimization Survey, a statewide data collection effort unique to Alaska designed to provide reliable and valid estimates of intimate partner violence and sexual violence that can be used to guide planning and policy development. Dr. Myrstol holds a doctorate in criminal justice from Indiana University.
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