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Amber Alert System:
A look at communication technology
and its implications
Polly Klaas
www.crimelibrary.com/ forensics/art/4.htm
Amber Hagerman
www.missingkids.com/ html/amberplan.html
What is the Amber Alert System?
-Missing Child Response Program
-Law Enforcement and Media
-Meet Criteria
History
-Northern Texas, California
-Other similar programs
-The National Amber Alert Network Act, 2002
Implementation
-Law Enforcement contact NCMEC
-Contact Media
-Task Force
-Emergency Alert System
Newest Developments
-Use of the Internet
Benefits
-Free information, cooperation
-Time critical response
-Shows community concern
-Saves lives
-Access to internet increases exposure
Disadvantages
-Public access to private information
-Unreliable
-Desensitization
-Rumors
-Nonverbal communication
Implications of Internet Use
-Precedent of regulating communication tech
-Adjustment to using technology