Resources

Resource Year Topic Type
Children Abducted by Family Members: A National Household Survey of Incidence and Episode Characteristics
Finkelhor, D., Hotaling G.T., and Sedlak, A.J. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53: 805-817. Order (MC3)
 1991 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
The Abduction of Children By Strangers and Non-Family Members: Estimating the Incidence Using Multiple Methods
Finkelhor, D., Hotaling G.T., and Sedlak, A.J. The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7(2):226-243. Order (MC4)
 1992 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Paper
Police Involvement in Family Abduction Episodes
Plass P., Gerald T. Hotaling, and Finkelhor, D. Crime & Delinquency,41(2):205-218. Order (MC13)
 1995 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping, Missing Children Paper
Attempted Non-Family Abduction
Finkelhor, D., Hotaling G.T., and Asdigian, N. 74(5):941-955. Order (MC9)
 1995 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Paper
Varieties of Non-Family Abduction of Children & Adolescents
Asdigian N., Finkelhor, D., and Hotaling G.T. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 22(3):215-232. Order (MC8)
 1995 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
Family Abduction Outcomes: Factors Associated with Duration and Emotional Trauma to Children
Plass P., Finkelhor, D., and Hotaling G.T. Journal of Youth & Society, 28(1): 109-130. Order (MC12)
 1996 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Paper
Risk Factors for Family Abduction: Demographic and Family Interaction Characteristics
Plass P., Finkelhor, D., and Hotaling G.T. Journal of Family Violence, 12(3):333-348. Order (MC11)
 1997 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Paper
National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview
Sedlak, A.J., Finkelhor, D., Hammer, H., and Schultz, D.J. Juvenile Justice Bulletin–NCJ196465,1-12. Order (MC16)
 2002 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
Runaway/Thrownaway Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
Hammer, H., Finkelhor, D., and Sedlak, A.J. Juvenile Justice Bulletin–NCJ196469, 1-12. Order (MC18)
 2002 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics
Hammer, H., Finkelhor, D., and Sedlak, A.J. Juvenile Justice Bulletin–NCJ196466, 1-12. Order (MC17)
 2002 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Paper
Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
Finkelhor, D., Hammer, H., and Sedlak, A.J. Juvenile Justice Bulletin–NCJ196467, 1-16. Order (MC19)
 2002 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Paper
National Estimates of Missing Children: Selected Trends, 1988-1999
Hammer, H., Finkelhor, D., Sedlak, A.J., and Porcellini L. Juvenile Justice Bulletin - NCJ206179, 1-8. Order (MC22) , Washington, DC
 2004 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
National Estimates of Children Missing Involuntarily or for Benign Reasons
Sedlak, A.J., Finkelhor, D., and Hammer, H. Juvenile Justice Bulletin - NCJ206180, 1-12. Order (MC20), Washington, DC
 2005 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
Caretaker satisfaction with law enforcement response to missing children
Hammer, H., Finkelhor, D., Ormrod, R., Sedlak, A.J., and Bruce, C. Juvenile Justice Bulletin - NCJ217909 (pgs. 1-8). Washington, DC: US Government…
 2008 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
Child Victims of Stereotypical Kidnappings Known to Law Enforcement in 2011
Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D., and Sedlak, A.J. Juvenile Justice Bulletin - NCJ 249249 (pgs. 1-20). Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. (Order…
 2016 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping, Missing Children Paper
National estimates of missing children: Updated findings from a survey of parents and other primary caretakers
Sedlak, A. J., Finkelhor, D., Brick, J. M. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and…
 2017 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Missing Children Paper
Family Abduction in a national Sample of US Children
Finkelhor, D., Henley, M., Turner, H., & Hamby, S. Child Abuse and Neglect, 67, 403-407. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.11.008 (CV346)
 2017 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping, Missing Children Paper
Family Abduction
Family abduction fact sheet
 2002 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Fact Sheet
Non-Family Abduction
Non-family abduction fact sheet
 Kidnapping and Missing Children, Kidnapping Fact Sheet
Prior Victimization: A Risk Factor for Child Sexual Abuse and for PTSD-related Symptomatology among Sexually Abused Youth
Sue Boney-McCoy and David Finkelhor. Child Abuse & Neglect,19, (12):1401-1421. Order (CV7)
 1995 Impacts of Child Victimization Paper