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Child Abduction
Child abduction or child theft is the unauthorized removal of a Minor (law), minor (a child under the age of Age of majority, legal adulthood) from the Child custody, custody of the child's Parent, natural parents or Legal guardian, legally appoi ...
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Serial Murder
A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders three or more people,An offender can be anyone:
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Investigative Resources Center (CASMIRC) is a unit of the FBI's
National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
The National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) is a specialist FBI department. The NCAVC's role is to coordinate investigative and operational support functions, criminological research, and training in order to provide assistanc ...
(NCAVC) that provides resources, advice, and training to local agencies working on cases of missing, kidnapped, or murdered children and serial murders.
Congress established CASMIRC as part of
Public Law
Public law is the part of law that governs relations and affairs between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that ...
1998 section 105-314–the Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act–aiming to reduce crime involving child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder.
[https://www.fbi.gov/hq/isd/cirg/ncavc.htm#casmirc Federal Bureau of Investigation – Investigative Programs – Critical Incident Response Group]
Goals
CASMIRC has been charged with accomplishing the following goals:
* Improve the investigation of major violent crimes through the establishment and coordination of CASMIRC with federal, state and local authorities;
* Provide, if requested by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, on-site consultation and advice;
* Establish a centralized repository based upon case data reflecting child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides, and serial murder submitted by state and local agencies;
* Increase the efficiency of the
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...
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NCAVC as an operational entity designed to provide operational support functions to any law enforcement agency confronted with a child abduction, mysterious disappearance of a child, child homicide, or serial murder;
* Improve the behaviorally based operational support services provided by the FBI in an attempt to reduce incidents of violent crime;
* Identify and prioritize those areas of research necessary to address existing and emerging violent crime problems in the areas of child abductions, mysterious disappearances of a child, child homicide, and serial murder; and,
* Provide, in coordination with the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress. In September 2013, the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and the Pre ...
and the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. The OJJDP publishes the JRFC Databook on even numbered years for informati ...
, appropriate training to federal, state, and local law enforcement in matters regarding child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, and child homicides.
References
External links
National Center for the Analysis of Violent CrimeThe FBI's Child ID App
National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
Government agencies established in 1998
Child abduction in the United States
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