Attempted abductions most often occur on the street while children are playing, walking, or riding bikes. Younger children are more likely to be playing or walking with a parent or an adult whereas school-age children are more likely to be walking alone or with peers.
71% of non-family abductions happen on the way to or from school. Statistics show that 71% of non-family abductions happen outdoors. Notably, the most likely time of day for abductions is the afternoon or early in the morning, when children are walking to and from school.
The Australian State with no kidnappings for 2021 was the Northern Territory. Out of a total of 453 kidnappings, 27 were children under the age of 9 years. Just over one third (153) were Family Domestic Violence related.
Family Abduction
Family kidnappings make up half of all reported abductions in the United States. Family abduction is typically committed by parents and it involves a significantly higher proportion of female perpetrators when compared to other kidnapping offenses.
Phoenix, Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of America, with more incidents than any other city in the world outside of Mexico City and over 370 cases last year alone.
In 2020, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) labelled New South Wales the Kidnapping Capital of Australia, reporting 225 victims, followed by Victoria with 158 and Queensland and South Australia 59 each; with very few in other States and Territories.
The countries with the highest rates of kidnap are those with weak security infrastructures, high levels of impunity and economic disparity, such as Mexico, Venezuela and Nigeria, and those experiencing prolonged conflicts, such as Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan.
In 2021, more than 34,000 missing persons reports in Australia related to children under age 18.
Almost all kids kidnapped by strangers are taken by men, and about two thirds of stranger abductions involve female children. Most abducted kids are in their teens.
The NCMEC says that abductions by strangers are the rarest type of cases of missing children. Strangers are most likely to attempt to abduct a child as they head to or from school, the center said.
There are currently about 2,600 long-term missing persons cases in Australia and experts estimate there are some 500 unidentified human remains archived around the country.
Natascha Kampusch, kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil, Vienna, Austria, 8 years, 5 months. Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, and Georgina "Gina" DeJesus, kidnapper Ariel Castro, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 9 to 11 years.
Abduction is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for sequences of intense violence and action, brief language, some sexual content and teen partying. Violence: Teens engage in dangerous driving stunts, hold a house party while parents are away and drink to the point of passing out.
Plot. Nathan Harper is an 18-year-old high school senior living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his parents Kevin and Mara.
Children should not be taken overseas unless both parents consent. If there is a Court Order in place in relation to the child, or parenting proceedings are being dealt with by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCA), it is illegal to take the child overseas without consent.
The police picture of child abduction is incomplete. Surveys suggest that roughly 1 in every 100 children experiences a stranger trying to lure them away in order to do them harm². Roughly 1 in every 600 children will, at some point in their childhood be made to go with a stranger.
Hostage and kidnap survivors can experience stress reactions including denial, impaired memory, shock, numbness, anxiety, guilt, depression, anger, and a sense of helplessness. Freedom almost always brings a sense of elation and relief.
The data, based on a psychological assessment of risk personality, shows that 19% of females were found to be Wary compared to 7% of males, while 15% were Prudent in contrast to 9% of men.
From 1947 to 1965, eight approved organisations migrated a total of 3,170 children to Australia. The peak years for child migration to Australia were 1947 and 1950 to 1955. Around 400 children in total were sent by local authorities, a small percentage of the total number of children in local authority care.
List of reported cases and attempts. Of the current list of 25 reported cases (not including attempts), 4 of the mothers and 13 of their fetuses survived. (This list distinguishes an attempted fetal abduction as without either murder of the mother or extraction of the fetus.
Californian attorney, Savannah Morgan, is living the dream of bringing her husband, Brad, and their five-year-old daughter, Aria, back to her birthplace in Queensland, Australia... until Aria goes missing from the resort's Kidz Club and it becomes her worst nightmare.
The United States has what may be the world's highest number of missing persons. According to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Person and Unidentified Person Files for the 2021 operational year, 521,705 people were reported missing in 2021.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 20-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was kidnapped about 9:00 p.m., on March 1, 1932, from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey.
Another review prepared for the Australian federal police in 2021 found that at least 25.6% of children under 12 and 18% of those aged between 13 and 17 who go missing while in care are Indigenous, despite First Nations children making up just 5.9% of the total population under 18.