Resources

  • Guidelines for Programs to Reduce Child Victimization: A Resource for Communities When Choosing a Program to Teach Personal Safety to Children These guidelines detail the recommendations for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Education Standards Task Force for communities when choosing programs to teach personal safety to children.
  • Internet Crimes Against Children This document from the Office of Victims of Crimes explores the nature of Internet crime and the complex challenges it poses for law enforcement personnel and victim service providers as they work to protect children.
  • You're Not Alone: The Journey From Abduction to Empowerment (May 2008) Presents several stories of child abduction survivors and how they have grown and developed from their traumatic experiences.This guide, written by survivors of child abduction, provides information to help other child abduction survivors cope with their own experiences and begin their journeys towards a better future. Additionally, this guide contains space where readers can write down their own thoughts and feelings in response to each personal story.
  • What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister (May 2007) Written by siblings of children who have been abducted, this guide contains information to help and support children of all ages when their brother or sister is kidnapped. The guide provides ideas on what children can expect in terms of the feelings they may experience, the events that may occur from day to day, and the things they can do to help themselves feel better. Written in child-friendly language, it is divided into such sections as: home, family, law enforcement, the media, school and work, and holidays and anniversaries. In addition, the guide contains activity pages for children of all ages, including those who are too young to read.
    What About Me? - A siblings account (pdf)     & What About Me? - A siblings account (flash video)
  • When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide (May 2004) Provides parents with the most current information on, and helpful insights into, what families should do when a child is missing. The first edition of this Guide was written in 1998 by parents and family members who have experienced the disappearance of a child. It contains their combined advice concerning what to expect when a child is missing, what needs to be done, and where to go for help. It explains the role that various agencies and organizations play in the search for a missing child and discusses some of the important issues that need to be considered. The Guide is divided into seven chapters, each of which is structured to allow information to be found quickly and easily. Each chapter explains both the short- and long-term issues and contains a checklist and chapter summary for later reference. A list of recommended readings and a list of public and private resources appear at the back of the Guide. This third edition of the Guide was published in 2004.
  • Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping Guidance is provided on preventing an international parental kidnapping, stopping a kidnapping in progress, locating a kidnapped or wrongfully retained child in another country, bringing an abductor to justice, recovering a kidnapped or wrongfully retained child from another country, and re-establishing access to a child in another country. A chapter is devoted to each of the aforementioned topics. The guide provides descriptions and realistic assessments of the civil and criminal remedies available in international parental kidnapping cases. It explains applicable laws and suggests public and private resources that can be used when an international abduction occurs or is threatened. Practical advice is offered in overcoming frequently encountered obstacles to the recovery of a child kidnapped to a foreign country. The guide prepares parents for the legal and emotional experiences generally associated with international parental kidnappings. Parents who have been through these experiences share what they have learned about coping and legal strategies that have helped them deal with the process of recovering their children. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the topics it covers. This is followed by a list of frequently asked questions related to the chapter's topics. Each chapter has a list of key points at the end, with page references for the relevant text. In addition to parents involved in the risk for or actual parental kidnappings, this guide is informative for attorneys who have limited experience in law related to international parental kidnapping. It provides an overview of the legal remedies available. 17 recommended readings, a directory of resources, and provisions of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the protocol for obtaining assistance under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction
  • Teaching Skills, Instilling Confidence Best Ways to Prevent Child Abduction Parents and pediatricians could be doing more to prevent child abductions, says a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Daniel Broughton, M.D., a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic and former director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children agrees.
  • NIJ Research Review Contains short summaries of significant research findings from recently funded reports and lists titles of other recently completed projects. Web addresses are provided for easy electronic access to the full abstract of each project.
  • National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview This Bulletin summarizes findings from the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children NISMART-2 Report presenting statistical profiles of missing children including demographic characteristics and the circumstances of their disappearance.
  • Children As Victims: 1999 National Report Series The National Report brings together statistics from a variety of sources on a wide array of topics, presenting the information in clear, non technical text enhanced by more than 350 easy-to-read tables, graphs, and maps.
  • National Sex Offenders Registry The FBI's Crimes Against Children Unit coordinates the development and implementation of the National Sex Offenders Registry. Find the Sex Offender web site in your state.
  • www.nsopr.gov National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR) Web site provides real-time access to public sex offender data nationwide allowing parents and concerned citizens to search existing public state and territory sex offender registries with a single Internet search.
  • Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2001 A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, the report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. The report provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools.
  • Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics This Bulletin summarizes findings from the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children NISMART-2 Report presents national statistical profiles of children abducted by family members including demographic characteristics and the circumstances of their disappearance.
  • Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics Bulletin: National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children Series, October 2002. Presents national estimates of children abducted by nonfamily perpetrators, based on surveys of households and law enforcement agencies.
  • Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation's Youth This national survey of 1501 youth aged 10-17 documented their use of the Internet and their experiences while online including unwanted exposure to sexual solicitation, sexual material and harassment.
  • A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety The same advances in computer and telecommunication technology that allow our children to reach out to new sources of knowledge and cultural experiences are also leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and harm by computer-sex offenders. This pamphlet will help you to begin to understand the complexities of on-line child exploitation.

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