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Child Abductions: the Hype vs. the Reality

View the article here Take the polls at the above link. 11/13/2009 Are children more likely to be abducted today than they were in past generations? It's a question every parent contemplates, especially in the age of 24-hour news, when sensationalized reports of missing children -- such as 7-year-old Somer Thompson's abduction and slaying -- seem to be a permanent fixture on television and computer screens. A look at the statistics, however, shows that America has become a safer place for kids over the past decade. "More missing children come home today than at any time in our nation's history," said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. "And the total number of missing children has been on the decline over the past 10 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on November 16, 2009 (boomark / email).