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Missing Children [electronic resource] : The Law Enforcement Response
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forst, Martin L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law enforcement--United States.
- Law enforcement response.
- Missing children--United States.
- Missing children.
- Law enforcement.
- Local Subjects:
- Law enforcement--United States.
- Law enforcement response.
- Missing children--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Missing Children
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With increasing attention to the problem of missing children and homeless youth, many issues have been raised: What are the different types of missing children cases? How many missing children are there within each case type every year? How do public agencies in general and law enforcement in particular handle reports of missing children? In 1984, Congress enacted the Missing Children's Assistance Act which redefines the problem from being treated as a social problem to a law enforcement problem so that agencies are forced to reexamine their responsibilities. This book provides basic informati
- Contents:
- HALF TITLE: MISSING CHILDREN; TITLE PAGE: MISSING CHILDREN; CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS; MISSING CHILDREN; Chapter 1: MISSING CHILDREN AND LAW ENFORCEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: MISSING CHILDREN: A LEGAL FRAMEWORK; Chapter 3: THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN; Chapter 4: CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSE TO MISSING CHILDREN AND HOMELESS YOUTH- POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED BY THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING; Chapter 5: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES; Chapter 6: INVESTIGATION OF PARENTAL ABDUCTIONS
- Chapter 7: AN URBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO MISSING AND RUNAWAY CHILDRENChapter 8: COPING IN LINCOLN; Chapter 9: THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF RUNAWAYS; Chapter 10: THE USE OF PARAPROFESSIONALS IN MISSING CHILDREN AND JUVENILE RUNAWAY FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS; Chapter 11: WORKING TOGETHER: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE MISSING CHILDREN'S ORGANIZATION; Chapter 12: JOINING FORCES: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RUNAWAY YOUTH SHELTERS; Chapter 13: A MULTIAGENCY SYSTEM OF CARE FOR RUNAWAY/HOMELESS YOUTH; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08924-8
- OCLC:
- 841916796
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