Missing Children: A Psychological Approach to Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Stranger and Non-Stranger Abduction of Childr

by Michele A. Paludi, James N. Tedisco, Michelle A. Paludi

Book Overview

Child abduction is the most widespread form of child victimization studied. In 1992 alone, a total of 27,553 cases of missing children were reported in New York State through the Missing Children Register. The majority of missing children cases involved suspected runaways. Abduction cases accounted for one percent of the total report; those committed by family members comprised the most frequent form of abduction (as opposed to abduction by strangers)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791428796
• ISBN13: 9780791428795
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.