The crime of family abduction
Subtitle: a child's and parent's perspective
Contributors: United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Parental kidnapping
Other titles: Child's and parent's perspective
Description: From Book's About this book:  The U.S. Department of Justice reports that as many as 200,000 children are victims of family abduction each year.  Although the majority of abducted children are taken not by a stranger, but by a parent or family member, the issue of family abduction remains laden with misconception and myth.  Serious missing-child cases that have devastating effects on the child are too often seen as divorce and custody matters, something private that the public and law enforcement should not concern themselves with.  The truth is that family abduction can be as physically dangerous and even deadly for the child victims as any other form of child abduction.  Most often, however, the worst damage is imperceptible to the eye, occurring deep within the child, leaving traces that may last a lifetime.  This publication offers insights into what it means to be abducted by a family member.  Written from the perspective of the child and searching parent, it is designed to help you, the reader, understand the unique characteristics of family abduction and the nightmare that they have experienced.  Although the individual circumstances surrounding the authors' cases show the multifaceted diversity of family abduction, the one thing they have in common is that they were all "missing child" cases.  The child victims in these cases were concealed by their abductor, hidden not just from their searching family, friends, schools, and community but also from the justice and child protection systems.  Our objective is to increase understanding of the crime of family abduction and empower the reader to though fully assist in the immediate and long-term recovery of a child.  Whether you are the searching parent, an abducted or former abducted child, a family member, a professional responder, a neighbor, a teacher, or an advocate, you can begin to comprehend what is happening and why a child-centered response, as outlined throughout this book,is so important.
Notes: "May 2010".

Spiral-bound.

Cover title.

Shipping list no.: 2010-0323-P.

Includes bibliographical references.

This document was prepared by Fox Valley Technical College under cooperative agreement number 2009-MC-CX-K058 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
Table of contents: title: Message from the attorney general; title: Message from the assistant attorney general; title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgments; title: About this book; title: Introduction: Family abduction is a crime; title: Abduction: Being Missing; title: What happens to a child who is abducted?; title: Search: Looking For The Abducted Child; title: What happens to a parent whose child has been abducted?; title: What the searching parent may be feeling; title: Recovery: Finding The Abducted Child; title: Planning for recovery; title: Managing the aftershocks; title: How to minimax potential pitfalls when a child is returned; title: Final thoughts; title: Resources.