Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Regarding Missing Children and Homeless Youth Final Report (1993)

Summarizes the results of the Nat. Study of Law Enforcement Policies & Practices Regarding Missing Children.Ó There were 3 main components: a mail survey of a national sample of police depts. to determine how depts. respond to missing children cases; 2-day visits to 30 police depts. to gather detailed qualitative info. about responses to missing children cases; & interviews in 6 major metro areas with parents who reported a missing child to the police, & with children who had returned home after a missing incident. Focuses the results of the parent interviews, although it integrates findings from the mail survey & police dept. visits as well. 25 charts & tables.Collins, James J. is the author of 'Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Regarding Missing Children and Homeless Youth Final Report (1993)' with ISBN 9780788186394 and ISBN 0788186396.