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Missing persons

Justice Department Fights for the Missing

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Since 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice has helped to lead the search for tens of thousands of missing Americans. Created by the Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, known as NamUs, catalogs photos, fingerprints, dental records and other forensic evidence in an effort to find the missing, identify human remains and close cases that, in many...

Updated AMBER Alert Best Practices Guide

Date Published
May 2019
Publication Type
Reference Material, Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Operation Lady Justice Summary Fact Sheet

Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Factsheet
Agencies
OJP