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Kidnapping AMBER Alert Plan 
 The site provides information on the AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert Plan, "a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies and broadcasters to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. Broadcasters use the Emergency Alert System (EAS) ... to air a description of the abducted child and suspected abductor" over radio, television, and highway alert systems. From the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=991 Topics: Crime, Families, Technology Last updated Jan 6, 2006 Kidnaping of Juveniles: Patterns from NIBRS
This June 2000 report from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Protection (OJJDP) "describes the offense of kidnaping of juveniles." Among other significant findings, the analysis reveals that the majority are perpetrated by family members or acquaintances, and the fewest by strangers. The section "Implications" features a discussion about the distinction between the source data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System and that of earlier studies. Includes a bibliography. http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/2000_6_2/contents.html Topics: Crime Last updated Mar 12, 2006 The Kidnapping of Aimee Semple McPherson
Historical essay about the 1926 disappearance of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, "[who] claimed that she had been kidnapped, tortured, drugged, and held for ransom in a shack in Mexico." Provides brief background on "Sister Aimee," who founded the Pentecostal mission Foursquare Gospel in 1922, and the rumors surrounding the 1926 events. Includes references. From the University of Southern California (USC) Information Services Division. http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/scandals/aimee.html Topics: Crime, Women Last updated Sep 6, 2006 |
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