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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“NOT WITH MY CHILD! — You Don't!” is the OPERATION LOOKOUT's anti-predator call-to-action, and a year-round expression of outrage against the rising cases of abducted children in our nation. This is a call for you to join the many voices and unite in the fight against child abuse and abduction by shouting out...
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On Father’s Day, a young mother sits in her room in a secure and well-managed private hospital in North Carolina, feeding her newborn infant. A woman in a nurse’s uniform comes into the room and tells the mother that she is taking the infant for tests and to have him weighed. The mother...
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A recently enacted component of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has been credited with aiding in the rescue of several missing children who were kidnapped by strangers. It’s called the AMBER Plan. Background The AMBER Plan is named for a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped by a stranger and later found dead in...
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Case histories for this study were selected from a sample of interviews of former prostitutes who began prostituting as juveniles and who were involved in two outreach programs, Paul & Lisa, Inc., and WHISPER. Both programs work primarily with female prostitutes. In addition, interviews were conducted with six ex-pimps known to the WHISPER...
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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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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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