Estimating the number of stranger-abduction homicides of children: A review of available evidence

Abstract

Abstract

This article attempts to derive estimates of the incidence of stranger-abduction homicide of children from six existing data sources. Also presented are the results of a separate analysis of abduction-related statistics on children contained in the Comprehensive Homicide File for the nine-year period 1976-1984. Methodological problems in existing data sources are identified, and results are discussed in relation to the issue of missing children. © 1990.

Department

Sociology

Publication Date

1990

Journal Title

Journal of Criminal Justice

Publisher

Elsevier

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/0047-2352(90)90055-G

Document Type

Article

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