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NCJ 196467
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Title:
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Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
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Series:
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OJJDP NISMART Series
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Author(s):
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David Finkelhor ; Heather Hammer ; Andrea J. Sedlak
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Date Published:
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10/2002 |
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Page Count:
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16 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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95-MC-CX-K004 |
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Sale Source:
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NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse/NCJRS
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States |
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Document:
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HTML PDF |
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Type:
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Survey |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This bulletin presents results from the initial analysis of
nonfamily abduction data collected by the Second National
Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway
Children (NISMART-2) |
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Abstract:
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All data in the individual component studies were collected to
reflect a 12-month period. Because the majority of cases were
from the studies concentrated in 1999, the annual period referred
to in the bulletin was 1999. During the study year, there were an
estimated 115 stereotypical kidnappings, defined as abductions
perpetrated by a stranger or slight acquaintance and involving a
child who was transported 50 or more miles, detained overnight,
held for ransom or with the intent to keep the child permanently,
or killed. In 40 percent of stereotypical kidnappings, the child
was killed; and in another 4 percent, the child was not
recovered. There were an estimated 58,200 child victims of
nonfamily abduction, defined more broadly to include all
nonfamily perpetrators and crimes that involved lesser amounts of
forced movement or detention in addition to the more serious
crimes of stereotypical kidnappings. Fifty-seven percent of
children abducted by a nonfamily perpetrator were missing from
caretakers for at least 1 hour, and police were contacted to help
locate 21 percent of the abducted children. Teenagers were by far
the most frequent victims of both stereotypical kidnappings and
nonfamily abductions. Nearly half of all child victims of
stereotypical kidnappings and nonfamily abductions were sexually
assaulted by the perpetrator. 9 tables and 6 references |
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Main Term(s):
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Juvenile victims |
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Index Term(s):
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Offense statistics ; Kidnapping ; Victim profiles |
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Note:
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NISMART Bulletin, October 2002 |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=196467
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