Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children


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Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children


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Runaway, homeless, and missing children: perspectives on helping the nation's vulnerable youth: hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, July 24, 2007.







Missing, exploited and runaway youth


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Runaway/thrownaway Children


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Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Regarding Missing Children and Homeless Youth


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Summarizes the results of the "Nat. Study of Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Regarding Missing Children." 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; and interviews in 6 major metro areas with parents who reported a missing child to the police, and 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 and police dept. visits as well. 25 charts and tables.