Child Abduction
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
STATS
- Every 40 seconds in the United States, a child becomes missing or is abducted.
- Only about one child out of each 10,000 missing children reported to the local police is not found alive.
- Seventy-four percent of abducted children who are ultimately murdered are dead within three hours of the abduction.
- Based on the identity of the perpetrator, there are three distinct types of kidnapping
- About 20 percent of the children reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in nonfamily abductions are not found alive.
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3 TYPES OF KIDNAPPINGS
- Family kidnappings (49 percent)
- Acquaintance Kidnappings (27 percent)
- Stranger Kidnappings (24 percent)
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1ST TYPE: FAMILY KIDNAPPINGS
- Family kidnapping is committed primarily by parents
- Involves a larger percentage of female perpetrators than other types of kidnapping offenses
- Occurs more frequently to children under 6
- Equally victimizes juveniles of both genders
- Most often originates in the home
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2ND TYPE: ACQUAINTANCE KIDNAPPINGS
- Has the largest percentage of female and teenage victims
- Is more often associated with other crimes (especially sexual and physical assault)
- Occurs at homes and residences
- Has the highest percentage of injured victims
3RD TYPE: STRANGER KIDNAPPINGS
- Victimizes more females than males
- Occurs primarily at outdoor locations
- Is mostly associated with sexual assaults in the case of girl victims and robberies in the case of boy victims
- Is the type of kidnapping most likely to involve the use of a firearm
- In 80 percent of these types of abductions, the first contact between the child and the abductor occurs within a quarter mile of the child's home
STRANGER KIDNAPPINGS CONT'D
- Most potential abductors grab their victims on the street or try to lure them into their vehicles.
- About 74 percent of the victims of nonfamily child abduction are girls.
