NISMART National Family Abduction Report

Amy Smith | Parenting
Updated: December 13, 2023 | Published: December 13, 2023March 8, 2016

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What is NISMART?

National Incidence Studies of Missing Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART) is the periodic study to estimate the number of reported missing and recovered children in a particular year.

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NISMART National Family Abduction Report, October 2002

NISMART National Family Abduction Question and Answers, October 2002

When was this study conducted?

1988- NISMART-1

1999-NISMART-2

What was the result of the study?

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