The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of “National Estimates of Missing Children: Selected Trends, 1988-1999.” This 8-page Bulletin, part of a series summarizing results from the second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-2), was written by Heather Hammer, Ph.D., Principal Investigator; David Finkelhor, Ph.D., Advisor; and Andrea J. Sedlak, Ph.D., Advisor, NISMART-2; and Lorraine E. Porcellini, Temple University Institute for Survey Research.
The Bulletin presents results of an analysis comparing selected findings from NISMART-2 and its predecessor, NISMART-1. The analysis, which is based on household surveys of adult caretakers and covers victims of family abductions, runaways, and children categorized as “lost, injured, or otherwise missing,” highlights trends from 1988 to 1999. The most important finding is the absence of increases in any of these categories. For some types of episodes, the incident rates decreased.

Resources:

“National Estimates of Missing Children: Selected Trends, 1988-1999” (NCJ 206179) is available online at http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=11937.

A limited number of printed copies are available from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (JJC). Copies can be ordered online at http://puborder.ncjrs.org/ or by calling JJC at 800-851-3420. Please use the document number when ordering.

                                                           
For full-text publications, information on OJJDP or JJC, and other juvenile justice matters, visit the OJJDP Web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you no longer want to receive periodic e-mail notifications from NCJRS or our sponsoring agencies, please go to: http://puborder.ncjrs.org/optout and follow the instructions.

.
Received on Fri Jan 14 13:17:35 2005