Missing children and adolescents are becoming an enormous issue in the United States. Missing children is defined as children whose whereabouts are unknown to their parent, guardian, or legal custodian. Approximately everyday young children are kidnaped by strangers or people they know. According to a 2011 study approximately 2,950 children under the age of 18 in New Orleans were reported missing in a one-year period. At least 650 of those cases were Missing Children in Louisiana family abductions (Crime Library Criminal Minds & Methods, 2011). With such high rates of missing children parents and communities should take a higher precaution when it comes to children. The following paper is a comprehensive paper about missing children in the
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Some children are abducted by a non-custodial parent such as an aunt, an uncle, or someone who has developed a relationship with the child. According to the internet website missing children international.org, non-family member abductions are about 2,000 and only around 200 were "stereotypical kidnappings” other children are abducted because they are considered an easy targets for abductors. Kidnapping does not discriminate against race, gender, or culture; however African Americans ranked the highest in 2012. According to FBI missing person database for blacks under 18 were 180,091(NCIC, 2015). These children are normally left alone, traveling to school alone, or playing outside alone. At least a third of our children are abducted and sold for body parts throughout the United States, Central America, South America and …show more content…
Having a neighborhood watch sign in many areas has just become a sign these days. Parents should take precautions when allowing their child to do certain things without adult supervision such as; play outside or walk a certain distance along. Many children are becoming easy targets when no guarding is insight. Parents need to be aware that a kidnapper does not always live in the neighborhood but nothing stops them from coming in theirs. In abductions, children may be taken to another state or out of the country and their name might be changed along with their hair color and hair style. The abductor may change his or her occupation and the child can completely drop off the face of the earth for a while, maybe
Some children are abducted by a non-custodial parent such as an aunt, an uncle, or someone who has developed a relationship with the child. According to the internet website missing children international.org, non-family member abductions are about 2,000 and only around 200 were "stereotypical kidnappings” other children are abducted because they are considered an easy targets for abductors. Kidnapping does not discriminate against race, gender, or culture; however African Americans ranked the highest in 2012. According to FBI missing person database for blacks under 18 were 180,091(NCIC, 2015). These children are normally left alone, traveling to school alone, or playing outside alone. At least a third of our children are abducted and sold for body parts throughout the United States, Central America, South America and …show more content…
Having a neighborhood watch sign in many areas has just become a sign these days. Parents should take precautions when allowing their child to do certain things without adult supervision such as; play outside or walk a certain distance along. Many children are becoming easy targets when no guarding is insight. Parents need to be aware that a kidnapper does not always live in the neighborhood but nothing stops them from coming in theirs. In abductions, children may be taken to another state or out of the country and their name might be changed along with their hair color and hair style. The abductor may change his or her occupation and the child can completely drop off the face of the earth for a while, maybe