Mary
July 16th, 2008, 1:45 pm
Michigan's Missing Child Information Clearinghouse
Michigan's Missing Child Information Clearinghouse (MMCIC) was established under HB4482, 5/20/95. The clearinghouse is housed within the Prevention Services Section of the Special Operations Division of the Michigan Department of State Police. The clearinghouse operates as an information and referral resource to the public, local law enforcement, and other state clearinghouses. It provides information and guidance, where possible, to these entities.
The clearinghouse oversees and ensures that law enforcement agencies follow the mandates of the law as it relates to the immediate entry of missing children (less than 17 years) into Michigan's Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN)/National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system. It establishes that parents have followed all the proper procedures for reporting a missing child to their local police department and getting said child entered into LEIN/NCIC. Reports of runaway, parentally abducted or otherwise missing or exploited children are made directly to local law enforcement agencies. Information on the sighting, or possible sighting, of a missing child may be made directly to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's 24-hour toll-free hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST. Click here to visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) (http://www.missingkids.com/) web site.
A study conducted by the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of 1,214 juvenile kidnappings from jurisdictions in twelve states in 1997, revealed the following information:
Kidnapping makes up less than 2% of all violent crime against juveniles reported to police.
Based on the identity of the perpetrator, there are three distinct type of kidnapers; kidnapping by a relative of a victim or "family kidnapping" (49%), kidnapping by an acquaintance of the victim or "acquaintance kidnapping" (27%), and kidnapping by a stranger to the victim or "stranger kidnapping" (24%).
Family kidnapping is primarily committed by parents, involves a larger percentage of female perpetrators (43%) than other types of kidnapping offenses, occurs more frequently to children under the age of six, equally victimizes juveniles of both sexes, and most often originates in the home.
Acquaintance kidnapping involves a high percentage of juvenile perpetrators, has the largest percentage of female and teenage victims, and is more often associated with other crimes like sexual and physical assault. Acquaintance kidnapping occurs in homes and residences, and has the highest percentage of injured victims.
Stranger kidnapping victimizes more females than males, occurs primarily at outdoor locations, victimizes both teenagers and school-aged children, is associated with sexual assaults in the case of female victims and robberies in the case of male victims (although not exclusively so), and is the type of kidnapping most likely to involve the use of a firearm.
According to the State of Washington's Office of the Attorney General, "the murder of a child who is abducted…. is a rare event. There are estimated to be about 100 such incidents in the United States each year, less than one-half of one percent of the murders committed;" however, "74% of abducted children who are murdered are dead within 3 hours of the abduction."
complete information can be found at link below:
http://www.michigan.gov/msp/1,1607,7-123-1589_1878_1883---,00.html#MSP_Missing_Children
Michigan's Missing Child Information Clearinghouse (MMCIC) was established under HB4482, 5/20/95. The clearinghouse is housed within the Prevention Services Section of the Special Operations Division of the Michigan Department of State Police. The clearinghouse operates as an information and referral resource to the public, local law enforcement, and other state clearinghouses. It provides information and guidance, where possible, to these entities.
The clearinghouse oversees and ensures that law enforcement agencies follow the mandates of the law as it relates to the immediate entry of missing children (less than 17 years) into Michigan's Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN)/National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system. It establishes that parents have followed all the proper procedures for reporting a missing child to their local police department and getting said child entered into LEIN/NCIC. Reports of runaway, parentally abducted or otherwise missing or exploited children are made directly to local law enforcement agencies. Information on the sighting, or possible sighting, of a missing child may be made directly to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's 24-hour toll-free hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST. Click here to visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) (http://www.missingkids.com/) web site.
A study conducted by the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of 1,214 juvenile kidnappings from jurisdictions in twelve states in 1997, revealed the following information:
Kidnapping makes up less than 2% of all violent crime against juveniles reported to police.
Based on the identity of the perpetrator, there are three distinct type of kidnapers; kidnapping by a relative of a victim or "family kidnapping" (49%), kidnapping by an acquaintance of the victim or "acquaintance kidnapping" (27%), and kidnapping by a stranger to the victim or "stranger kidnapping" (24%).
Family kidnapping is primarily committed by parents, involves a larger percentage of female perpetrators (43%) than other types of kidnapping offenses, occurs more frequently to children under the age of six, equally victimizes juveniles of both sexes, and most often originates in the home.
Acquaintance kidnapping involves a high percentage of juvenile perpetrators, has the largest percentage of female and teenage victims, and is more often associated with other crimes like sexual and physical assault. Acquaintance kidnapping occurs in homes and residences, and has the highest percentage of injured victims.
Stranger kidnapping victimizes more females than males, occurs primarily at outdoor locations, victimizes both teenagers and school-aged children, is associated with sexual assaults in the case of female victims and robberies in the case of male victims (although not exclusively so), and is the type of kidnapping most likely to involve the use of a firearm.
According to the State of Washington's Office of the Attorney General, "the murder of a child who is abducted…. is a rare event. There are estimated to be about 100 such incidents in the United States each year, less than one-half of one percent of the murders committed;" however, "74% of abducted children who are murdered are dead within 3 hours of the abduction."
complete information can be found at link below:
http://www.michigan.gov/msp/1,1607,7-123-1589_1878_1883---,00.html#MSP_Missing_Children