Family abduction in a national sample of US children. (May 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Family abduction in a national sample of US children. (May 2017)
- Main Title:
- Family abduction in a national sample of US children
- Authors:
- Finkelhor, David
Henly, Megan
Turner, Heather
Hamby, Sherry - Abstract:
- Abstract: This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of family abduction episodes occurring in a nationally representative sample of US children ages 0–17. It drew on the experiences of 13, 052 children and youth from the aggregation of three cross-sectional waves (2008, 2011, and 2014) of the National Surveys of Children Exposed to Violence. The overall prevalence rate was 4.1% for a lifetime and 1.2% for a past year episode. Rates were higher for younger than older children. Parents constituted 90% of the abductors with females outnumbering males 60% to 40%, although men outnumbered women as perpetrators for certain types of abductions. A bit less than half of the episodes (43%) were reported to police. The experience of a lifetime family abduction had an independent association with traumatic stress symptoms independent of exposure to other kinds of victimization including child maltreatment and witnessing family violence.
- Is Part Of:
- Child abuse & neglect. Volume 67(2017)
- Journal:
- Child abuse & neglect
- Issue:
- Volume 67(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 67, Issue 2017 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 2017
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0067-2017-0000
- Page Start:
- 403
- Page End:
- 407
- Publication Date:
- 2017-05
- Subjects:
- Child maltreatment -- Child abuse -- Missing children -- Custody disputes
Child abuse -- Periodicals
362.76 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01452134/ ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.11.008 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0145-2134
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