NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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Safety Expert Shows Even Older Children May Become Easy Prey March 17, 2005 — Most people think they and their loved ones would know what to do if they were ever confronted by a potential abductor. But child safety expert Bob Stuber showed “Primetime Live” that may not always be the case —...
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In just a blink of an eye Hurricane Katrina smashed the safety net designed to track and control over 4,000 sex offenders living in the devastated areas. Citizens across the nation, and particularly Texans, who opened their homes, schools, houses of worship and housing projects to many of the 250,000 evacuees may be...
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The Internet is an area that can pose a very real threat to children. The anonymity of the ‘Net offers adults the chance to pose as children, then try to set up a face-to-face meeting. Young teens may also be lured into virtual relationships with older adults that may result in actual encounters....
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Yello Dyno and Internet Safety “One in five children (10 to 17 years old) receive unwanted sexual solicitations online.” – According to Highlights of the Youth Internet Safety Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice Kids are growing up in an age of technology with millions of Internet highways un-patrolled. Here’s a...
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Investigators say incident is case study in Web stalking The Associated Press July 25th, 2004 CHICO – In a brick building tucked behind a toy store in the historic section of downtown sits the National Yo-Yo Museum, where two dozen children or more gather each Saturday to practice with the Chico Yo-Yo Club....
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NISMART 2 Study — October 2002 All study files are in .pdf format Free Adobe Reader can be downloaded from here ♦ NISMART Questions and Answers ♦ National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview ♦ Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics ♦ Non family Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics...
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While the following information, which was circulating by email, does show up on urbanlegends.com, it is considered very sound advice, and mostly true, by the email watchdog group (see urbanlegends.com comments below the article). Urban Legends also offers alternative advice to dialing #77 on your cell phone, if the service is not available...
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