| | Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics | | (NCJ 196466) October 2002 | | OJJDP NISMART Series, Bulletin, 12 page(s) | | Hammer, H., Finkelhor, D., Sedlak, A. J. | | | | Presents national estimates of children abducted by family members in 1999, their demographic characteristics, and the characteristics of perpetrators and episodes. The Bulletin is part of a series summarizing findings from the second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-2). Of the estimated 203,900 children who experienced a family abduction, 117,200 were classified as caretaker missing and 56,500 were reported as missing to law enforcement or other agencies. Younger children were at greatest risk of being abducted by a family member. Use of threats or physical force was uncommon. The Bulletin also discusses policy implications of the findings. | |
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