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AMBER Alert Publications

• Implementation of the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2018: A Report to Congress (2019)
• AMBER Alert Field Guide for Law Enforcement Officers (2019)
• AMBER Alert Best Practices, Second Edition (2019)
• Best Practices Guide for Public Information Officers (2006)
• Best Practices Guide for Broadcasters and Other Media Outlets (2005)
• Bringing Abducted Children Home (2005)
  • En Español - Dedicada a regresar a casa los ninos secuestrados
• Effective Use of National Crime Information Center (2005)
  • En Español - Uso eficaz del NCIC Centro Nacional de Informacion Criminal
• U.S. Department of Justice Recommended AMBER Alert Criteria (2005; Pocket Card)
  • En Español - Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos Criterios recomendados para la Alerta AMBER

The AMBER Advocate

This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) sponsored magazine is published quarterly. Read the recent issues:

• AMBER Advocate - Issue 3, 2024
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 2, 2024
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 1, 2024
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 3, 4 2023
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 2 2023
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 1 2023
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 4 2022
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 3 2022
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 2 2022
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 1 2022
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 4 2021
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 3 2021 
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 2 2021
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 1 2021
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 4 2020
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 3 2020
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 2 2020
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 1 2020
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 4 2019
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 3 2019
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 2 2019
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 1 2019
• AMBER Advocate - Issue 4 2018
• AMBER Advocate, Fall 2018
• AMBER Advocate, Summer 2018
• AMBER Advocate, Spring 2018

Access previous issues on the AMBER Advocate website

Related Publications

• When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, Fifth Edition | Family Survival Guide website (2023)
• A Law Enforcement Guide on International Parental Kidnapping (2018)
• AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program (2018)
• Federal Resources on Missing and Exploited Children: A Directory for Law Enforcement and Other Public and Private Agencies, Sixth Edition (2011)
• Questions and Answers About the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (2011)
• When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, Fourth Edition (2010)
• A Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping (2007)
• Protecting Children in Cyberspace: The ICAC Task Force Program (2002)
• The Criminal Justice System's Response to Parental Abduction (2001)
• Early Identification of Risk Factors for Parental Abduction (2001)
• Family Abductors: Descriptive Profiles and Preventive Interventions (2001)
• Highlights of the Youth Internet Safety Survey (Fact Sheet) (2001)
• Issues in Resolving Cases of International Child Abduction by Parents Bulletin (2001)
• The Missing and Exploited Children's Program (2001 Update) 
• The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (2001)
• Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents (1998)

National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children Publication Series

• National Estimates of Missing Children: Updated Findings From a Survey of Parents and Other Primary Caretakers (2017)
• Child Victims of Stereotypical Kidnappings Known to Law Enforcement in 2011 (2016)
• Caretaker Satisfaction With Law Enforcement Response to Missing Children (2008)
• National Estimates of Children Missing Involuntarily or for Benign Reasons (2005)
• National Estimates of Missing Children: Selected Trends, 1988-1999 (2004)
• Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics (2002)
• Highlights From the NISMART Bulletins (2002)
• Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics (2002)
• Runaway/Thrownaway Children: National Estimates and Characteristics (2002)

View all publications from the NISMART Series.