TRUE or FALSE. Kidnapping committed by a family member is considered child endangerment.
 a. True
 b. False
 




America’s Hidden Crime: When the Kidnapper is Kin
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Executive Summary

Poll Results
• Introduction and methodology
• Poll results
• Analysis

Facts and Findings
• A growing problem
• Family abduction as child endangerment
• The current system’s response

Conclusion and Recommendations
• Preventing family abductions
• Discouraging the crime
• Reducing the damage

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Appendix A - Online resources on family abduction

Appendix B - Family abduction prevention for parents

Resoures

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Resources

Allen, E. “The kid is with a parent, how bad can it be?“ The Crisis of Family Abductions. Alexandria, VA: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1991.

Chiancone, J. Parental Abduction: A Review of the Literature. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2002.

Finkelhor, D., Hammer, H., Schultz, D.J., and Sedlak, A.J. National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-2). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2002.

Finkelhor, D., Hotaling, G., and Sedlak, A.J. Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children in America. First Report: Numbers and Characteristics National Incidence Studies (NISMART). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May 1990.

Grasso, K., Sedlak, A., Chiancone, J., Gragg, F., Schultz, D., and Ryan, J. The Criminal Justice System's Response to Parental Abduction Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.

Johnston, J.R., Sagatun-Edwards, I., Blomquist, M.E., Girdner, L.K. Early Identification of Risk Factors for Parental Abduction. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.

Johnston, J.R., and Girdner, L.K. Family Abductors: Descriptive Profiles and Preventative Interventions. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.




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