"lost anchorage" EP 03 with Laura Norton-Cruz

Introducing Crude's new podcast, lost anchorage, where Crude investigates the mechanisms of crime and violence in Anchorage, Alaska. Through research and interviews with professionals, law enforcement and those affected by crime, we hope to build a better understanding of whether or not Anchorage is, in fact, becoming more dangerous. In this episode of lost anchorage, we look at how childhood trauma shapes future behavior from the perspective of a social worker. Laura Norton-Cruz works as the director of an Alaska Children's Trust initiative called Alaska Resilience Initiative, which focuses on reducing childhood abuse, neglect and trauma by building resilience in healthy communities around Alaska. Her experience includes work involving domestic and sexual violence, reproductive coercion and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).