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Examining Missing, Abducted & Exploited Child Policy Problems Through the Crime Control Theater Lens
Child protection is an essential societal responsibility shared by individuals, families, communities, and nations. Part of this responsibility is to ensure that public policies, programs, and laws designed to protect children are based on sound principles and evidence-informed practice. Crime control theater (CCT) is a concept described by DeVault, Miller, and Griffin (2016) as reactionary, sometimes ineffective, and potentially harmful policies that only appear to address

Stacey Pearson


We Need Usable National Data on Missing Persons, Now
In 2017, a submission to the Government of Canada by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted that there needs to be an extensive effort made...

Lorna Ferguson
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