TY - BOOK ID - 149879782 TI - Missing Children : The Law Enforcement Response AU - Forst, Martin L. AU - Forst, Martin Lyle PY - 1990 SN - 0398089248 PB - Springfield : Charles C Thomas, DB - UniCat KW - Law enforcement -- United States. KW - Law enforcement response. KW - Missing children -- United States. KW - Missing children KW - Law enforcement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149879782 AB - 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 ER -