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Solving Missing Persons Cases

Date Published
May 24, 2010

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System has helped agencies solve cases and allowed families to find resolution.

Research Meetings and Workshops

NIJ learns from the people who work day-to-day with the issues. We sponsor meetings, workshops, and working groups that bring together researchers, policymakers, technologists, and practitioners.

These meetings generate a rich exchange of ideas. They guide future research and help ensure that NIJ's research, development and evaluation activities meet real-world needs.

Review the summaries or transcripts available for many of these meetings: