Attempted non-family abductions
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1995
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Child Welfare
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Examined cases of attempted nonfamily abductions (ANFAs), identified in a national telephone survey of caregivers in 10,367 households who reported on the experiences of 20,505 children aged 17 yrs or younger. The study attempted to determine demographic and family characteristics that may put children at risk for such incidents. Children who experienced ANFA incidents (unweighted n = 35; weighted n = 114,600) were compared with 1,520 other children in nonepisode households and a random subsample of 491 children in nonepisode households. Significant group differences emerged on the measures of household stress and caregiver history of childhood trauma. The prevalence and risk-marker findings reinforce the need to continue teaching 'stranger-danger' and suggest that children living in stressful or unstable family environments may particularly need such prevention efforts.
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Child abuse, Child welfare -- statistics, Prevention