▲ 949 ▼ Missing children don't pay the salary of our boys in blue (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 child) Apparently 90% of missing children are runaways. Maybe that is more common in the US or maybe it's just differences in counting (for example some countries might count 16 or 17 year olds as adults for these purposes). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago It's cataloging differences. The EU number is by outcome, and the US is by how the report started. The US is saying there were 400k times someone was concerned about not knowing where a kid was for any reason. For the same "stereotyped kidnapping" category the US is roughly the same, with 50-400 per year depending on how you count them. More than ideal but not a public policy crisis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago It's cataloging differences. The EU number is by outcome, and the US is by how the report started. The US is saying there were 400k times someone was concerned about not knowing where a kid was for any reason. For the same "stereotyped kidnapping" category the US is roughly the same, with 50-400 per year depending on how you count them. More than ideal but not a public policy crisis. permalink fedilink source parent
