Details

Subject(s)

• Homeless youth—United States [Browse]
• Law enforcement—United States [Browse]
• Missing children—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Collins, Jim, 1947- [Browse]
• McCalla, Mary Ellen [Browse]
• Powers, Linda L. [Browse]
• Stutts, Ellen S. [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 6127. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 6127

Restrictions note

Use of these data are restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

The purpose of the study was to provide information about law enforcement agencies' handling of missing child cases, including the rates of closure for these cases, agencies' initial investigative procedures for handling such reports, and obstacles to investigation. Case types identified include runaway, parental abduction, stranger abduction, and missing for unknown reasons. Other key variables provide information about the existence and types of policies within law enforcement agencies regarding missing child reports, such as a waiting period and classification of cases. The data also contain information about the cooperation of and use of the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Type of data

1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system + data collection instrument

Geographic coverage

United States

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 86-MC-CX-K036

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: Law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Contents

Part 1: Data File; Part 2: SAS Data Definition Statements

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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