Missing and Exploited Children Background, Policies, and Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse.

Children.

Government information.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

Summary:

Examines issue of missing and exploited children, including definitions and approximate numbers of children known to be missing or exploited. Provides information about the funding, oversight, and major components of the missing and exploited children's (MEC) program, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Amber Alert program to disseminate and broadcast information about child abductions. Addresses issues that may be relevant to MEC reauthorization

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 08-RL-34050 in the 2008 issue

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Missing and Exploited Children

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-DSP-0156

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Restricted for use by site license