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Learn about the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® through this inside look at our headquarters. Meet the teams that help find missing children, identify child victims of sexual exploitation and prevent these crimes from happening.

National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funds ongoing research about missing children through the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART). The latest data was published in NISMART-2 (2002). Researchers are collecting new data to use in an update to this study, NISMART-3.

NISMART-2, October 2002. National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview NISMART-2, October 2002. Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics NISMART-2, October 2002. Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics NISMART-2, October 2002. Runaway/Thrownaway Children: National Estimates and Characteristics NISMART-2, October 2002. NISMART Questions and Answers
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If you think you have seen a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

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The Congressionally-authorized CyberTipline is a means for reporting crimes against children. Reports may be made 24-hours a day, 7 days a week online at www.cybertipline.com

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