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2008

University of New Hampshire

Criminology

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Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates And Characteristics., David Finkelhor, Heather Hammer, Andrea J. Sedlack Aug 2008

Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates And Characteristics., David Finkelhor, Heather Hammer, Andrea J. Sedlack

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Provides information on the estimated number and characteristics of children who were sexually assaulted in the United States in 1999. This Bulletin is the seventh in the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2) series. Information on sexual assault was gathered from NISMART–2 interviews with victims and their families.


Caretaker Satisfaction With Law Enforcement Response To Missing Children., Heather Hammer, David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod, Andrea J. Sedlack, Carol Bruce Aug 2008

Caretaker Satisfaction With Law Enforcement Response To Missing Children., Heather Hammer, David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod, Andrea J. Sedlack, Carol Bruce

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Examines satisfaction with law enforcement from the perspective of all primary caretakers who contacted police when one or more of their children experienced a qualifying episode in the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2) National Household Survey of Adult Caretakers. This Bulletin is the eighth in the NISMART–2 series.