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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/nismart2_nonfamily.pdf
DOJ report on nonfamily abducted children.[/quote]

58,000 cases of non-family abduction? In 1999?

Higher than I would have thought.

I guess if you're the type to vaccinate based on risk analysis, you'd exude some caution about letting your young children walk to school unattended.[/quote]

That's because the number doesn't mean what you think it means. Non-family abduction means "(1) An episode in which a nonfamily perpetrator takes a child by the use of physical force or threat of bodily harm or detains the child for a substantial period of time (at least 1 hour) in an isolated place by the use of physical force or threat of bodily harm without lawful authority or parental permission, or (2) an episode in which a child younger than 15 or mentally incompetent, and without lawful authority or parental permission, is taken or detained or voluntarily accompanies a nonfamily perpetrator who conceals the child’s whereabouts, demands ransom, or expresses the intention to keep the child permanently."

34,000 of the 58,200 cases (59%) were of children ages 15-17. 47,100 of the 58,200 cases (81%) were of children ages 12-17.

60% of non-family abductions were by people the child knew.

How many "stereotypical kidnappings"? 115.[/quote]

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