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27 Alaska Just. F. 1 (2010-2011)

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Sex Offenders in the Alaska Juvenile Justice System

Table 1. Race of

Laughlin Youth Cf
'olumn percentages.

ter Sex Offende

ith Center (MYC) who participated in th
offender treatment program and wer
ased during the period July 1, 2004
- 20, 2007. All of the 29 juvenile se
,nders (hereafter referred to as MY(
offenders) were male, and no oftende
excluded from the following analysi,;

afo
tine
fr o

)spC
18N

IS)

up to age 18.
lemographic (

Sex Offender Rac(

1). Native offenders (N
offenders (N = 6), and oth
ers (N = 1) were vastly ov,
particular, 8 percent of m,
17) in Alaska are Native,
MYC sex offenders were
9 percent of male youth

er for Native you
.85 times higher ft

prese
outh (
35 pe
ve. Si

ffend-  fo
ted. InR
- ,- A .&

X offenders were multiracial, h
Table 2. Total Number of Char

;her ft

LdiudicatioE

)f referrals ai
Youth are refe
lustice by IaN
;here is prob.
, Age 6-17

.58   of
,an   nu
noi
a n
fer

pr

:f4
s pC

amber of charges ref

up

alf (55%)
Ight or fev

forb
mean
= 8.5

.for the 29
17 is showr
e 29 MYC

se see Sex offenders,

Table 3. Total

Jumber of Sex O

F data:

fUIT

f data:

percer
faska a
21,x 0offe

38 pe

traffic off
fense afte

Some reff

life
se)
)fo0

aI
abl
offe
5fro

ses, Age 6-1

f data: