Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children in America: First Report, Numbers and Characteristics National Incidence Studies : Executive SummaryDIANE Publishing, 1990 - 19 pagini Estimates the incidence of 5 categories of children, those who were: abducted by family members; abducted by non-family members; runaways; thrownaways; and missing because they had gotten lost or injured, or for some other reason. Data was collected from 6 separate sources: household survey; juvenile facilities survey; returned runaway study; police records study; FBI data reanalysis; and community professionals study. Charts, tables and graphs. |
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Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children in America ..., Volumul 1 David Finkelhor Vizualizare completă - 1990 |
Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children in America: First Report ... David Finkelhor Vizualizare completă - 1990 |
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abandoned children abducted children Adam Walsh agencies Attempts Based on fewer Broad Scope Family Broad Scope Runaways Broad Scope Thrownaways caretakers child abuse child stealing Children's Defense Fund Community Professionals Study confidence interval countable counted crimes custody Definition Non-Family Abductions DK/NA example FBI Data Figure Hispanic Household Survey INCIDENCE 1988 incidence estimates included Injured interview involved Juvenile Facility Runaway large number law enforcement Legal Definition Abductions Legal Definition Non-Family literally missing Lost methodology missing child NISMART number of children Opinion Research Corporation Otherwise Missing Children overnight percent perpetrator place to stay police contact Police Records Study Policy Focal Runaways problems rape reported respondents Returned Runaway Study runaway child runaway episodes Runaway Youth Runaways and Thrownaways runaways from juvenile sample Scope Family Abductions screener serious sexual abuse sexual assault files statistics Stereotypical Kidnappings Stranger Abduction Homicides Table Thrownaway children victims Weighted Westat whereabouts
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Pagina vi - There were a large group of literally missing children who have not been adequately recognized by previous research and policy concerning missing children. These were children who were missing because they got lost, injured, or because they miscommunicated with caretakers about where they would be or when they would be home. BACKGROUND The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART) was undertaken in response to the mandate of the 1984 Missing Children...
Pagina xi - The moat common times for Family Abductions were in January and August. These are the times when school vacations end and visitations are exchanged. Most of the episodes lasted 2 days to a week, with very few, 10 percent, a month or more. In only a tiny fraction, 1 percent or less, was the child still being held by the abductor. The period immediately after a divorce was not when most Family Abductions occurred. Instead 41 percent occurred before the relationship ended. Another 41 percent did not...
Pagina 16 - For the purpose of this title— "(1) the term 'missing child' means any individual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to such individual's legal custodian if— "(A) the circumstances surrounding such individual's disappearance indicate that such individual may possibly have been removed by another from the control of such individual's legal custodian without such custodian's consent; or "(B) the circumstances of the case strongly indicate that such individual is likely to be...
Pagina 390 - Abduction meant the coerced and unauthorized taking of a child into a building, a vehicle, or a distance of more than 20 feet; the detention of a child for a period of more than an hour; or the luring of a child for the purposes of committing another crime (Figure NFA-1 ). Many short-term abductions that took place in the course of other crimes like sexual assault were counted under this definition.
Pagina xi - These cases met the criterion of "intentional concealment"; and included cases where attempts were made to prevent contact with the child; or the child was transported out of the state; or "there was evidence that the abductor had the intent to keep the child indefinitely or to permanently alter custodial privileges." Statistically, at least, parental kidnapping was a real and substantial social problem, larger than most had imagined.34 The Justice Department study created a careful, focused picture...
Pagina 102 - DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, KY, TN, AL, MS, AR, LA, OK, TX...
Pagina 385 - ... Coder Field Director, Police Study Joanne McFarland Statistician Leyla Mohadjer, Ph.D. Telephone Center Operations Deborah Bittner, Director of Training, Operations, and Personnel Anne Denbow, Project Coordinator Codebook Development, Database Editing, and Public Use Tape Preparation Sandra Wodlinger, George Novosel, Beverly Lewis, and Marjorie Binzer Computer Processing and Data Analyses John Brown, Systems Analyst Monique Smith and Cynthia Diehm of Aspen Systems Corporation provided help with...
Pagina ii - ... real lives, real needs. The value of our research is in helping such children to lead safe and normal lives. Robert W. Sweet, Jr. Administrator This research was conducted for the US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Cooperative Agreement #87-MC-CX-K069 under the direction of Gerald T.
Pagina 388 - An attempt was made to conceal the taking or the whereabouts of the child or to prevent contact with the child; or • The child was transported out of State; or • There was evidence that the abductor had the intent to keep the child indefinitely or to permanently alter custodial privileges.