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{{Short description|US government agency}}
{{One source|date=February 2022}}
The Morgan P. Hardiman '''[[child abduction|Child Abduction]] and [[serial murder|Serial Murder]] Investigative Resources Center''' (CASMIRC) is a unit of the FBI's [[National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime]] (NCAVC) that provides resources, advice, and training to local agencies working on cases of missing, kidnapped, or murdered children and serial murders.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Osowski |first=Kaylee |date=2018-12-11 |title=Investigating a Serial Killer: The Development of the FBI's Role Told Through Public Documents |url=https://journals.ala.org/index.php/dttp/article/view/6892 |journal=DTTP: Documents to the People |language=en-US |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=19–24 |doi=10.5860/dttp.v46i4.6892 |issn=0091-2085|doi-access=free }}</ref> Congress established CASMIRC as part of [[Act of Congress|Public Law]] 1998 section 105-314–the Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act–aiming to reduce crime involving child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder.<ref name="fbi.gov">https://www.fbi.gov/hq/isd/cirg/ncavc.htm#casmirc Federal Bureau of Investigation – Investigative Programs – Critical Incident Response Group<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>

==Goals==
CASMIRC has been charged with accomplishing the following goals:

* Improve the investigation of major violent crimes through the establishment and coordination of CASMIRC with federal, state and local authorities;
* Provide, if requested by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, on-site consultation and advice;
* Establish a centralized repository based upon case data reflecting child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides, and serial murder submitted by state and local agencies;
* Increase the efficiency of the [[FBI]]'s [[NCAVC]] as an operational entity designed to provide operational support functions to any law enforcement agency confronted with a child abduction, mysterious disappearance of a child, child homicide, or serial murder;
* Improve the behaviorally based operational support services provided by the FBI in an attempt to reduce incidents of violent crime;
* Identify and prioritize those areas of research necessary to address existing and emerging violent crime problems in the areas of child abductions, mysterious disappearances of a child, child homicide, and serial murder; and,
* Provide, in coordination with the [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]] and the [[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]], appropriate training to federal, state, and local law enforcement in matters regarding child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, and child homicides.<ref name="fbi.gov"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www2.fbi.gov/hq/isd/cirg/ncavc.htm National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime]
*[https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/child_080511/child-id-app The FBI's Child ID App]

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[[Category:National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1998]]
[[Category:Child abduction in the United States]]


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