Children Abducted by Family Members: A National Household Survey of Incidence and Episode Characteristics

Author: David Finkelhor, Gerald Hotaling, Andrea Sedlak Publisher: Journal of Marriage and the Family Publication: Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 53 Document Date:                  August 1991 Category: Family Relations > Parental Conflict Related Categories: Children > Child Welfare Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction Crime And Violence > Crime Family Relations > Conflict Family Relations > Non-custodial Parent   This article presents data from the National Incidence Survey of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children pertaining to the number of children abducted by family members in 1988.  It found that these numbers varied significantly depending on how 'abduction' was defined. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link