Missing Kids - Statistics

Publications

National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics for 2008
Federal Bureau of Investigations, 2009

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2006

National Estimates of Children Missing Involuntarily or for Benign Reasons
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, July 2005

National Estimates of Missing Children: Selected Trends, 1988-1999
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2004

Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 2002

National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 2002

NISMART Questions and Answers
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 2002

Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 2002

Runaway/Thrownaway Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 2002

Kidnaping of Juveniles: Patterns From NIBRS 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 2000

Related Resources

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
NCMEC works to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
NamUs is the first national online repository for missing persons records and unidentified decedent cases.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
OJJDP supports states, local communities, and tribal jurisdictions in their efforts to develop and implement effective programs for juveniles. The OJJDP Web site provides links to programs, publications, and press releases related to missing children and also includes information about the National Missing Children’s Day poster contest.


For additional publications and resources on this topic, conduct a search of the NCJRS Abstracts Database and see the following sections of our site:

• Juvenile Victims
• Kidnaping
• Missing Children

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