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DAY 4<br />

WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2012<br />

Crimes against children, particularly cases involving abduction and homicide, continue<br />

to be problematic as both a social phenomenon and judicial responsibility. Such cases<br />

routinely receive intense community, media, and law enforcement attention, and can<br />

rapidly overwhelm local investigative resources.<br />

Boudreaux M C, Lord W D, Dutra R L, ‘Child Abduction: Aged-based Analyses of<br />

Offender, Victim, and Offense Characteristics in 550 Cases of Alleged Child<br />

Disappearance’, J Forensic Sci, 44(3), 1999<br />

Stay united in your fight to find your child. Don’t allow the stress of the investigation to<br />

drive a wedge into your family life. When emotions run wild, be careful that you do not<br />

lash out at or cast blame on others… Remember that everyone deals with crises and<br />

grief differently, so don’t judge others because they do not respond to the disappearance<br />

in the same way you do.<br />

‘When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide’, Missing Kids USA Parental<br />

Guide, US Department of Justice, OJJDP Report

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