Missing children and law enforcement : an introduction / Martin Forst -- Missing children : a legal framework / Martha-Elin Blomquist -- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children / Michelle Popowsky Spring -- California's response to missing children and homeless youth-- policies and programs implemented by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning / Nancy M. Smith -- The interstate compact on juveniles / Barbara A. Riggs -- Investigation of parental abductions / Lee Libby -- An urban law enforcement response to missing and runaway children / Joseph F. Ryan -- Coping in Lincoln / Erv Portis -- The sexual exploitation of runaways / Mark Sanders and Bruce Ackerman -- The use of paraprofessionals in missing children and juvenile runaway follow-up investigations / Roy B. Wedlund -- Working together : law enforcement and the missing children's organization / Lynda Chaires Davies and Leslie Curtis Davies.

(cont.) Joining forces : law enforcement and runaway youth shelters / Kathie Wurzbacher and Ann Rudnicki -- A multiagency system of care for runaway/homeless youth / Gary L. Yates ... [et al.].