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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Missing Children’s Directory
Tom waited for over two hours to pick up his daughter Libby from a scheduled visit with her mother. He finally made a phone call, hoping to discover what was causing the delay, and found that Rachel, his ex-wife, unexpectedly departed with Libby on a flight to Germany earlier in the day. When...
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According to the National Network of Runaway and Youth Service, 10 danger signals may indicate your child is about to run: 1. Growing Isolation The child avoids family gatherings, even at meals, and spends more and more time in his/her room alone. 2. Excessive Blowups Tantrums are common to turbulent teens, but watch...
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Custodial Interference, also known as Family Abduction, is the kind of crime that leaves scars on one of the world?s most precious beings–our children…the innocent. Often individuals believe that an abducted child must be safe and loved if he/she is with a parent. Unfortunately, this is not true in many cases. A child...
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In 2001, 840,279 missing persons (adults and children) were reported to the police and entered into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC). This represents the smallest number of missing persons reports since 1992 (801,358). The FBI estimates that 85-90% of missing persons are juveniles. In approximately 725,000 cases (or 2,000 per day)...
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Most teens don't talk to parents. The intimacies of their lives they share with friends. If you ask teenagers about school they say, "Fine." If you ask about friends, teachers or activities, you get the same pat answer. Usually our teens are doing fine, but this distance teens keep frustrates us. We want...
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Youths entering their adolescent years face many transitions. Physical changes occur in conjunction with a striving for personal identity and autonomy. In the runaway, however, attempts to gain independence in a mature, self-sufficient manner fail. Despite the many reasons runaways give for leaving home, runaway youth often return home, only to run away...
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First, contact your child’s friends and his/her boyfriend/girlfriend, family, your estranged spouse and his/her family, neighbors, your child’s employer, principal, teachers, coaches, counselors and extracurricular activity leaders. Find out if your child’s boyfriend/girlfriend or any other friends are missing. Check to see what, if any, of your child’s personal belongings are missing. LOOK...
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