Amber Alert Effectiveness Reexamined

Prior research based on limited datasets has suggested AMBER Alerts do little to prevent harm to child abduction victims. However, to investigate the possibility of recent improvements in AMBER Alert performance, the authors examine a sample of 472 AMBER Alerts issued over a 3-year period from 2012...

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Main Author: Griffin, Timothy (Author)
Contributors: Williams, Joshua H. ; Kadleck, Colleen
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2022, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-44
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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