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Missing Children - Missing Children Data Collected by the National Crime Information Center

NCJ Number
103064
Date Published
1986
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This report explains the methods used to report data on missing children to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), discusses the categories of children listed in NCIC's data base, and lists the States currently requiring their law enforcement agencies to enter data on missing persons into NCIC.
Abstract
Currently all States enter data on missing persons into NCIC. Remote terminals located throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada are used to report data to the system's central computer. The system's missing persons and unidentified persons files contain information on missing children. Each State has a terminal control agency responsible for managing and funding the NCIC system at the State level. Appended data and a table.