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Title: Are Child Abductions on the Rise?
Location: http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/24/ctv.missing/
Description: This article by CNN.com/Law Center provides background on child abductions.
Publication: CNN.com/Law Center
Title: Abductions: Children Who Got Away
Location: http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20020919.jhtml
Description: At this site you will find the video preview and follow-up to a segment of the Oprah Winfrey Show. The tape and transcript can be ordered. There is a link to an article on what parents need to know to prevent abductions.
Publication: The Oprah Winfrey Show
Title: America's Most Wanted -- Missing Children
Location http://www.amw.com/missing_children/
Description: This web site maintains a list of amber alerts and information on current missing children. Resources include tips from John Walsh on protecting kids from predators and what to do it a child is missing.
Publication: AMW and Fox TV
Title: Amber Alert
Location: http://www.amberalert.gov
Description: This site by the Department of Justice provides information on AMBER alerts, public service announcements, a child safety guide, news, and a toolkit for raising awareness about missing children.
Publication: Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
Title: AmberView
Location: http://amberview.org/AV/GENERALPUBLIC/INDEX.ASPX?customcontentid=128
Description: AmberView mass broadcasts a digital picture of a missing or abducted child to law enforcement, news media, and citizens within minutes of an official AMBER Alert. With parental consent, a child's digital picture is captured each year on school picture day and stored, along with updated biographical information, in a secure database accessible only by the West Virginia State Police AMBER Alert Coordinator. AmberView is an initiative of the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation and works in conjunction with the National AMBER Alert system.
Publication: WVHTC Foundation
Title: AmberWatch Foundation
Location: http://www.amberwatchfoundation.org/
Description: The AmberWatch Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of child abduction and molestation. Through its "Be Safe!" Education Program, the foundation's mission is to (by the end of 2008) educate 25 million elementary-aged children, and their parents, on how to identify potential endangerment scenarios and stay out of the hands of abductors and predators.
Author: AmberWatch Foundation
Publication: Be Safe! Education Program
Title: Badge, Please? Schools Turn to ID's to Enhance School Security
Location: http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin284.shtml
Description: This is an article addressed to school administrations on the use of ID badges in schools. It includes a description of several schools' identification procedures.
Publication: Education World
Title: Beyond Missing
Location: http://www.beyondmissing.com/main.shtml
Description: Beyond Missing is a nonprofit organization that serves as a law enforcement resource for creating and distributing missing child flyers. It aids in the recovery of abducted and missing children by providing high speed, cost effective communication tools to law enforcement and the communities they serve.
Publication: Beyond Missing
Title: Child Abduction
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abduction
Description: This is the Wikipedia entry defining child abductions and the different categories of abductions.
Publication: Wikipedia
Title: Child abductions fuel interest in satellite locators
Location: https://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=4000
Description: This article explores the use of GPS systems for foiling child abductions.
Author: eSchool News staff and wire service reports
Publication: eSchool News, October 2002
Title: Child Abduction Resource Center
Location: http://www.globalmissing.com/
Description: This web site is dedicated to the support of parents of missing and abducted children. It includes global resources, information, and news on parental abductions, international child abduction, and missing children. There are multilingual child abduction resources.
Publication: Child Abduction Resource Center
Title: Child Abduction Resources
Location: http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/resources/resources_559.html
Description: This web site by the U. S. Department of State provides links to resources on international child abduction.
Publication: U. S. Department of State
Title: Child Abduction Statistics
Location: http://www.reallifesolutions.net/family/abductions.html
Description: This article provides strategies for parents on preventing child abductions.
Publication: Real Life Solutions
Title: Child Abductions: Effective Prevention Programs Replace Outmoded Advice
Location: http://www.solutionsnews.org/story.jsp?ID=53
Description: A special CIN survey reports on new, more effective prevention blueprints for community action and also finds some "tried-and-true" approaches are outmoded or ineffective.
Publication: Community Innovation News
Title: Child Abduction Prevention
Location: http://tpdInternet.tucsonaz.gov/crimeprevention/child_abduction_prevention.html
Description: This web site offers tips to parents for preventing child abductions.
Publication: Tucson Police Department
Title: Child Abduction Prevention and Internet Safety Info
Location: http://www.earlychildhoodlinks.com/parents/childabductionprevention.htm
Description: This site provides information on child abduction prevention and internet safety.
Publication: Early Childhood Links
Title: Child Abduction Prevention and Safety Tips
Location: http://www.menomonee-falls.org/police/MFPD1124.htm
Description: List of tips for parents on what to teach their children and what they should do to prevent child abductions.
Publication: Menomee Falls Police Department (Wis.)
Title: Childs ID for Safety
Location: http://www.childsid.com/homepage.html;$sessionid$IKO2XEQAAAYUVTZENUEXBMWPERWRJPX0
Description: This is the web site for a company that offers ID wristbands and other child identification products. There are links to tips on abduction prevention and child safety. .
Publication: Childs ID Inc.
Title: Child Safety to and from School
Location: http://www.schoolsecurity.org/resources/child_safety.html
Description: National School Safety and Security Services encourages parents and school officials to educate children about safety issues associated with walking to and from school. The page includes tips for students and parents.
Publication: National School Safety and Security Services
Title: Child Protection Education of America
Location: http://www.find-missing-children.org/
Description: A national private foundation working for the recovery of missing children and a provider of safety education for families based in Tampa, Fla., Child Protection Education of America, Inc. (CPEA) is a national private foundation dedicated to addressing one of America's most pressing concerns, missing and exploited children. Publication: Child Protection Education of America, Inc.
Title: Child Connection
Location: http://www.childconnection.org/default.html
Description: The Child Connection Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization that actively searches for missing and exploited children throughout all of U.S.A. and Canada. TCC was founded in 1992 to aid and assist local law enforcement and other federal agencies in the recovery of missing children. TCC also acts as a liaison between law enforcement and parents.
Publication: The Child Connection
Title: Child Lures Prevention
Location: http://www.childluresprevention.com/
Description: Child Lures Prevention is a personal safety program based on the international acclaimed research of investigative reporter Ken Wooden.
Author: Child Lures Prevention
Publication: Think First and Stay Safe! School Program ©1984-2007 – Child Lures, Ltd.
Title: Crime Prevention Tips: Child Abduction
Location: http://www.vil.north-aurora.il.us/police/pdf/crimetips_abductions.pdf
Description: This is a seven-page document that offers tips on what parents can do, what children should do, what the community can do, what to look for in reporting a suspicious person or vehicle, and how to preserve and gather evidence.
Publication: North Aurora Police Department (Illinois)
Title: Crisis Response Plan
Location: http://www.keystosaferschools.com/SpecialServices.htm#FREE_Services
Description: A commercial site that also provides some free resources for schools.
Publication: Safe Schools Special Services
Title: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- Crimes Against Children Division
Location: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/crimesmain.htm
Description: The mission of the Crimes Against Children (CAC) program is threefold: first, to decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation; second, to develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and third, to enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.
Publication: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Title: Impact of Family Child Abduction
Location: http://www.vca.org/Publications/Impact%20Abduction.PDF
Description: This is a five page paper on the consequences of family child abduction and consideration of the impact on children when reunited to family members.
Publication: Georgia K. Hilgeman, M.A., Vanished Children's Alliance
Title: Interpol -- Missing Children
Location: http://www.interpol.int/Public/Children/Missing/
Description: INTERPOL maintains a database of missing and abducted children on behalf of the member countries.
Publication: http://www.interpol.int/public/icpo/default.asp
Title: International Child Abduction
Location: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/population/children/9501.html
Description: This document addresses what the U.S. State Department can and cannot do in searching for missing children outside the United States. The guide makes recommendations to parents on what steps to take and legal issues involved.
Publication: U. S. Department of State -- Bureau of Consular Affairs
Title: Kidsave
Location: http://www.kidsave.com/child_safety_information.html
Description: This web site highlights safety tips for preventing abduction and offers child protection products.
Publication: Kidsave
Title: Klaaskids Foundation
Location: http://www.klaaskids.org/
Description: On this web site, users will find videos, Megan's Law amendments by state, victims' rights amendments by state, previous newsletters and articles, Marc Klaas media calendar, Polly Klaas Child ID Kit order form, safety tips for children, parents, and communities, and Polly Klaas' story.
Publication: Klaaskids Foundation
Title: Lexington Public Schools Elementary School Handbook -- Emergency Operations Plan
Location: http://lps.lexingtonma.org/about/LPSElementaryhandbook/P18.html
Description: This is an online guide for elementary schools on how to manage school crises or emergencies. Child abduction is included.
Publication: Lexington Public Schools (Maine)
Title: National Association for Child Abduction Prevention (NACAP)
Location: http://www.nacap.org/
Description: This web site is designed to inform visitors about child abduction and offer practical guidance on the subject of child abduction prevention.
Publication: http://www.nacap.org/about.asp
Title: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Location: http://www.missingkids.com/
Description: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children serves as a clearinghouse of information about missing and exploited children. It provides technical assistance to the public and law-enforcement agencies, distributes photographs of and descriptions about missing children worldwide, and coordinates child-protection education and prevention programs, training, and publications.
Publication: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Title: Nordus Recovery
Location: http://www.sondur.com/
Description: This site focuses on international child abductions.
Publication: Nordus Recovery
Title: Parents Advocating for Return through Education by Networking Together (P.A.R.E.N.T.)
Location: http://www.parentinternational.com/
Description: This is an international advocacy organization working with parents and agencies worldwide to bring about greater awareness and understanding concerning international child abduction, and to seek measures leading to the prevention and remedy of this growing global problem.
Publication: P.A.R.E.N.T. International
Title: Preventing Child Abductions: a Guide for Parents
Location: http://www.siegfriedandjensen.com/pdf/ChildAbductionBrochureEnglish.pdf
Description: This is a brochure for parents.
Author: Siegfried and Jensen-the Law Firm for Accident Victims
Publication: Practice Development Network, LLC, 2002
Title: Prevent International Parental Child Abduction (PIPCA)
Location: http://www.pipca.org/
Description: This site provides information on laws and resources on international abductions.
Publication: Prevent International Parental Child Abduction (PIPCA)
Title: Project Safekids
Location: http://www.projectsafekids.org/
Description: Project Safekids offers child safety programs and services. It is a proactive children's organization that partners with law enforcement, communities, and corporate sponsors.
Publication: Project Safekids
Title: SafeState -- Preventing Crime and Violence in California
Location: http://safestate.org/index.cfm?navid=342
Description: This web site provides resources and links for child abduction prevention. Brochures on child safety can be downloaded.
Publication: Office of the California Attorney General
Title: Take Root
Location: http://www.takeroot.org/
Description: Every member of Take Root represents adults who were abducted children. The focus of the site is to help children recover from the effects of being abducted.
Publication: Take Root, Inc.
Title: Teaching Skills, Instilling Confidence: Best Ways to Prevent Child Abduction
Location: http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2004-rst/2452.html
Description: An article on teaching skills to children to prevent child abduction.
Publication: Mayo Clinic
Title: When a Child Goes Missing
Location: http://missingchild.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/cbs-child-abduction-resources/
Description: CBS.Com provides child abduction resources through this blog.
Author: CBS news
Publication: Blog at WordPress.com
Title: Working Parents Weigh the Risk of "Latchkey" Kids
Location: http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/workfamily/20021115-workfamily.html
Description: This is an article by Sue Shellenbarger, published in The Wall Street Journal Online. It identifies some of the concerns and possible solutions for students coming home alone before their parents arrive from work.
Author: Sue Shellenbarger
Publication: The Wall Street Journal Online
Title: Vanished Children's Alliance
Location: http://www.vca.org
Description: This organization provides services in the prevention, location, recovery, and reunification of missing and abducted children since 1980. It also addresses the aftermath of the recovery of missing children and subsequent reunion with their families.
Publication: Vanished Children's Alliance
Title: Yello Dyno
Location: http://www.yellodyno.com/deluca/delucapage.html
Description: This is the web site for a company offering programs, curricula, products, and training throughout North America. Educators can bring Yello Dyno into their school district with funding from the No Child Left Behind Act, as well as the NYSED Child Abduction Prevention Education Program.
Publication: Yello Dyno
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