WHAT ARE THE RISKS TO YOUR CHILD
facts and figures
on child abductions (Source: NCMEC) |
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.Children of every age, gender, and race are vulnerable to child abduction.
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.Approximately 203,900 children were abducted in 1999 in "family abductions"
in which a family member was trying to deprive a caretaker of custodial rights.
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| | - 98% of these children were located or returned home. |
| | - None of these children were killed. |
| .There were approximately 58,200 "non-family abductions" in 1999.
Abductions in this category involved forcibly moving or detaining the child for
a relatively short period of time, usually in connection with another crime.
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| | - 99% of these children returned home. |
| | - Only 115 of these were the most serious and dangerous types of
abductions - those perpetrated by strangers where the child
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kept overnight, held for ransom, or killed.
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| | - Almost 60% of these children were returned safely. |
| .When the abductor is unrelated to the child, the abductor is just as likely to
be someone known to the child or family as to be a stranger.
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Be Alert: Over 50% of the children kidnapped in non-family abductions were
taken from the street, in a vehicle, or from a park or wooded area. Almost 75%
of those children kidnapped in family abductions were taken from their own or
another's home or yard.
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