1984 Missing Children

On October 22, Texas authorities found a small child’s body. Texas authorities believe that it could be three-year old Sherin Mathews who went missing on October 7. She was last seen in her backyard by her adoptive father Wesley Mathews. The body was found in a culvert by Sergeant Kevin Perlich. The body is still being examined, but was said to be most likely Sherin Mathews. Sherin Mathews’s father had said that he let his daughter out at 3 a.m. Wesley made his daughter stand 100 feet away from the house near an alleyway. This was his way of punishing her “because she wouldn’t drink her milk.”  He came back for his three-year old at 3:15 a.m. but she was gone. Mathews didn’t call the police until five hours after he had found her missing. Later

It was nightfall when two boys were playing just outside of their home. After a few moments, playing abruptly directed to the aggressive death. When questioned about the incident, the suspect claimed he had no part. After further questioning, he confessed to killing a green goblin that night, not a human. On August 31, 2013, in Logan, Iowa, five-year-old Dominic Elkins lost his life due to his seventeen-year-old foster brother’s, Cody Metzker-Madsen, dilemmas.

The murder of Leanne Tiernan was a high-profile English child abduction and murder case involving a schoolgirl who was abducted less than one mile from her home on the 26th of November 2000 in Leeds, West Yorkshire and subsequently murdered (Crime Investigation, 2015). On the evening, the 16 year old was on her way home from a Christmas shopping trip with her best friend, Sarah Whitehouse, when she disappeared (Crime Investigation, 2015). The girls had taken a bus into the suburb of Bramley but then parted company near Whitehouse’s home leaving Tiernan to continue alone towards her home (Crime Investigation, 2015). As Leanne Tiernan made her way home alone along an unlit path through an area of wooded wasteland known as Houghley Gill that she frequently used, John Taylor had been

Dave Pelzer’s book, “A Child Called It” (1995), chronicled the unforgettable accounts of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California’s history. The book is an intriguing, yet intimidating journey through the torturing childhood of the author, himself. The child, Dave Pelzer¸ was emotionally and physically tormented by his unstable mother. He was the victim of abuse in his own home, a source of ridicule at his own school, and stripped of all existence. This book left me in suspense as I waited with anticipation for the end of this little boy’s struggle to live. Throughout this paper, I will focus on the events that took place in this book and discuss my personal feelings and the effects this story had on me.

Courage Compassion and Sacrifice is very important to have in times like these. If I were in a situation they had been in at the time I do not think I would have been able to do the same as them as doing all of this would be crazy and I think what they did was

In the video “The Lost Children of Rockdale County” produced by Dretzin and Goodman in 1999, portrays the life of teenagers engaging in peer delinquency, sexual behavior, and drugs and alcohol consumption. The video portrays the life of Nicole a 14 year old female who had engaged in sexual behavior, delinquent activity and lived under lack pf parental supervision. The General Theory of Crime and Delinquency is defined as “Motivations for crime include reinforcements for criminal activity, exposure to successful criminal models, learnijng beliefs favorable to crime” (Frailing & Harper, 2013. p.156). Robert Agnew’s theory can be related into Nicole’s life, because the environment in which she grew clearly affected the five domains explained in the theory. The family domain was affected because Cindy’s (Nicole’s mother) lack of parental attachment during Nicole’s infancy affected the relationship. Nicole argues that she started to engage in a risky behavior because she wanted to obtain her mother’s attention because her mother worked full time and didn’t had time to monitor her behavior.

On the way home they were stopped by a mask man holding a gun. While Jacob’s brother and friend were released, Jacob was to remain with the man. The two other boys ran home, no arrest was ever made and Jacob was never seen again. Investigators learned soon after that unbeknownst to the community, sex offenders had been living in halfway houses around the neighborhood. Not many years after this event Stephanie Schmidt, a 19 year old college student was raped and murdered by a coworker whom she had no idea was a registered sex offender (“Parents For Megan’s Law”). Her family contributed to laws that would make communities more aware of sexual predators.

He was taken and killed. The body was found separate from the head. The killer was never identified. Also, it was not determined if he was sexually assaulted due to the condition if the body. The Adam Walsh Act was established in 2006 by then President Bush. The basic premise behind this was is that it requires sexual offenders to notify law enforcement of their whereabouts on a regular basis depending on their level. The federal guidelines established three classes of sex offenders (Doerner & Lab, 2012). It is unclear whether this act is valid or not, mostly because the act has only been implemented in 17 states and 63 tribal nations. The reasons vary for why all states have not enacted the act as of yet. One reason is the cost of enacting this act. Research has shown that community notification and registry laws exacerbate the stress felt by any person released from prison, and such stress can trigger new offenses (Justice Policy, 2008). These are real concerns that can happen from acts or laws ion the offenders. However, the public’s safety comes

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell the party is constantly brainwashing the people of Oceania. They want the people to believe the party is wonderful and everyone should be loyal to it. The party starts by targeting the youth of Oceania The key factors that play a role on affecting children are routines and what they where and see.

Kids who have been a victim of maltreatment are often times hindered in development as the rest of their life plays out. No matter the starting age, a family neglect can create in kids an odd and unpleasant feeling. The constant exposure to depressors and “bring-me-downs” that effected kids see really puts them into a terrible cycle. Some cases of maltreatment lead to extraordinary stories and even more impressive characters. In Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, we can observe that Chris McCandless fell into this vicious cycle, and was effected by it throughout his adventurous life. Some of McCandless’ experiences later in life can be directly correlated with his childhood difficulties. But, in order of make sense

Life for them wasn’t always like that. On August 10, 1976, Williams witnessed a horrific incident in her town. A mother was walking down the street with her children, and became victims in a hit-and-run situation. They were hit by a Provisional Irish Republican Army. All of the three children died, but their mother, Anne Maguire, survived. Unfortunately, Anne Maguire couldn’t bear with the pain of her children’s death, and took her own life. Williams noticed that nothing was done about the accident. This tragedy inspired her to represent children and ensure that they live good lives. As Williams once said, "We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work, and at play to be lives of joy and peace" (“Betty Williams” 3). Soon after this occurrence, Williams came together with the aunt of the children that were killed, Mairead Maguire. Together, they fought for children. Their goal was to unite all of Northern Ireland. Also, they wanted to bring justice to children’s deaths and other cases involving them. They did not rest until changes and improvements were

“The devil worshippers could be anywhere. They could be your next- door neighbor. They could be your child’s caregiver.” ( works cited). Starting during the early 1980’s, claims of ritual abuse and child molestation in daycares started coming in from around the country. This caused a widespread neurosis among the public. This mass hysteria of abuse of children snowballed and led to a witch hung against many innocent child caregivers. Perhaps the most famous of these witch hunts involved the Mcmartin Family.

We all think children are all innocent and cute, but is that really true? We always give excuses for children’s misconduct, distracting ourselves from the real truth. Kids are capable of terrible things that adults quickly ignore. Children can be very scary because of their capabilities that most adults believe to be innocent mistakes. One story that explores this fear is Ray Bradbury’s “The Man Upstairs.”

Two nine-year-old girls are abducted from a bus stop. Both are found dead in a drainage ditch the next day, disposed of less than 100 yards away. The press refers to the victims as “fallen little angels,” and the investigators do not conduct an investigation into the victims’ family histories, focusing instead on a possible serial

With the psychic’s emphasis on David Icke I felt this was something BIG. It was. I began reading of protected sadistic pedophiles who tortured children to death-George Bush Sr. and PM Heath. They were connected and wealthy and never were prosecuted for their horrific crimes. The victims were shunned by society and discredited by our media that claims to care so much about human rights while 1,000,000 children disappear every year to never be seen again. They cared so much about human rights that all these missing children never had any human rights here at home! And our gov’t which putting on this big fake show of caring about human rights is directly involved in the abductions and murders of these missing children. It was all in David Ickes website and Kevin Annett’s websites: