Missing Children AKA "The Theft of Innocence"

A child is reported missing every 40 seconds,

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Our children are our Nation's most valuable assets.
They are the future of our country and hold our hope for a better Nation.

800,000 children are reported missing each year.

Of the more than 70 million children under the age of 18 in the United States, this translates to: over 1.1% of all children are reported missing each year (1 in 100).

There are no sanctuaries. According to the Washington State Attorney General's Office, the average victim of abduction and murder is an 11 year old girl who is described as a low risk, normal child from a middle-class neighborhood who has a stable family relationship and whose initial contact with an abductor occurs within a quarter mile of her home
(Hanfland, Keppel, and Weis, 1997).

Most abductions occur close to the child's home by someone who has reason to be in the area (they live or work there and may not be viewed as strangers).

99.8% of missing children have historically been located and returned alive, while 0.2% (2500 missing children annually) are not returned (many are runaways).

There are more than 10 million children using the Internet today and the number is growing rapidly. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, last year 705 children were abducted by a mouse (via the internet). Little education is provided to children concerning Internet child safety and protocol.

Two-thirds of the cases of Non-family Abductions reported to police, most of which were for relatively short periods, involved sexual assault
(Finkelhor, Hotaling, and Sedlak, l990).

Megan's Law provides the public with photographs and descriptive information on the most serious sex offenders residing in a locality who have been convicted of committing sex crimes and are required to register their whereabouts with local law enforcement. You can obtain sex offender information at your local law enforcement headquarters. Most community residents are very surprised at the number of registered offenders residing in their neighborhoods. "Megan's Law" is a powerful weapon and should be used to educate your family and children.

53% of Family Abductions were perpetrated by the biological father, while 25% were perpetrated by the biological mother.

Teenagers are by far the most frequent victims of Stereotypical Kidnappings and Non-family Abductions.

"Megan's Law"

Megan's Law is named in remembrance of Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered by a convicted child molester living across the street from her home.
In 1995, when she was killed, the local police department was not allowed to release sex-offender information to the community, but Megan's case caused a public outcry. On May 8, 1996, President Clinton signed a federal law allowing public access to information about high-risk offenders.

There is now a version of Megan's Law on the books in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In several states convicted sex offenders are now listed on the Internet where anyone with online access can learn about their crimes.

On April 30, 2003, President Bush signed the PROTECT Act of 2003 into law. This child safety legislation provides better protection for children, better investigative tools for the apprehension of offenders, increased sentences and will also strengthen child pornography laws.

Suggested Sites

KidSave Child Safety Registry

Code Amber

National Center For Missing & Exploited Children

Whistle Away Crime ®

Child Safety websites.

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