Missing Children: DoJ Could Enhance Oversight to Help Ensure that Law Enforcement Agencies Report Cases in a Timely Manner

Download or read book Missing Children: DoJ Could Enhance Oversight to Help Ensure that Law Enforcement Agencies Report Cases in a Timely Manner written by Eileen R. Larence and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missing children who are not found quickly are at an increased risk of victimization. The National Child Search Assistance Act requires that within 2 hours of receiving a missing child report, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) enter the report into the Dept. of Justice's (DoJ) Nat. Crime Info. Center (NCIC), a clearinghouse of info. available to LEAs nationwide. DoJ's Criminal Justice Info. Services (CJIS), and state criminal justice agencies oversee this requirement. This report examined: (1) CJIS's and the Board's efforts to implement and monitor compliance with the requirement; and (2) selected LEA-reported challenges with timely entry and DoJ's actions to assist LEAs in addressing them. Illus. This is a print on demand report.