National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how” ("John Walsh." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2017. 22 January 2017. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_walsh.html). Adam Walsh and Megan Kanka were a couple of children out of the many hundreds of thousands murdered in the US each year. In order to prevent some of these horrific abductions, laws have been set in place. In the criminal justice system

Shortly after December 14th, 2012 the Sandy Hook massacre took to social media claiming that the grieving parents were fraud, and that their children hadn’t existed, and the massacre never occured, for that the tragedy was all staged. Jones of Infowars has continued to question the veracity of the massacre, and has encouraged his millions of viewers to dispute the facts of the tragic elementary

targeting only children an offender has close proximity to. Technology and the Internet have widened the opportunities for offenders and have allowed for potentially ay juvenile to become victimized. The recommendations will focus on targeting key issues presented in the Routine Activities Theory; limiting a motivated offender, making targets unsuitable, and creating capable guardians online. Education

African Americans girls and women have always been exploited and trafficked for more than 300 years now. African- American women have been stereotyped as being genetically oversexed and very fertile. Slave women were too often framed as the embodiment of sexual exploitation and came to signify the modern "Jezebel" who was a symbol of lust, sexual immorality. This stereotype created a "gendered symbol of sexual racism" and considered African American women worthless of authorized protection from sexual

driving, most parents elect to keep their children inside. This has created a younger generation denied of exercise unless under close supervision. Social media and growing technology have become an everyday life necessity. Today’s technology has made people lazy that is leading to obesity. Obesity prohibits viable candidates for physically demanding jobs in the current workforce. Since the population

* In 1950, only 10% of American homes had a television and by 1960 the percentage had grown to 90%. Today 99% of homes have a television. In fact, more families own a television than a phone. (1) * 54% of U.S. children have a television set in their bedrooms. (2) * Children spend more time learning about life through media than in any other manner. The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is twice as much time as they spend in school. (3) *

Sex trafficking is a world epidemic that is slowly diminishing what it means to be a human. Equality Now states that “At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor.” This world as we live in it today is built with the backbone of the sex trade market. This is a dehumanizing institution based on male misogyny and need for power. It degrades and steals from the natural rights of humans while also causing extreme

Social media popularity has risen over the past years. The majority of the population of the age, now possesses one or more social accounts. Various articles and news sources have indicated that social media deteriorates person to person interaction and are gateways for cybercrimes to occur. However, behind such negative statements social media does provide a plethora of benefits to society. In fact, social media permits individuals to communicate, provides opportunities for businesses, and educates

Child Sex Trafficking: A Local and Global Problem Around the world children are being exploited daily through a variety of disturbing practices. The United States of America is the land of the free, the home of the brave, and the number one producer of Child Pornography in the world. (1 Kutcher) It is a frightening statistic. Child sex trafficking is the second most lucrative crime business around the world. It is second only to the business of narcotics trafficking. (3 The CNN Freedom Project) Education

life. But has happened to orphans nowadays, you don’t exactly drive by your neighborhood orphanage on your way to work. It seems that these children have disappeared, virtually falling off the face of the earth. Today they are called foster kids with families like my own housing them. The early foster system was established in the 1500s in order to care for children who were removed from their parents. Foster care was intended to be a short-term solution until the child is either adopted or reunited