Tribal Courts and Minor Consuming Alcohol Cases: Researching Recidivism and Responsiveness

Complete resources for the Minor Consuming Alcohol (MCA) Conference held April 4, 2014 at the Alaska Court System's Snowden Training Center can be found at https://tinyurl.com/mca-alaska. (Long link https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-health/departments/justice-center/events/2014-events/2014-04-04.mca_conference.cshtml).This presentation provides an overview of issues involved in researching recidivism and response to underage drinking in Alaska tribal courts.Why do research on tribal courts? / Challenges to Alaska tribal court research / Why study Minor Consuming Alcohol cases? / How do you measure effectiveness? / How do you study recidivism? / How do you study attitudinal measures