▲ 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
[–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 29 points 5 days ago (3 children) I find that statistic concerning.. Mainly because its made-up, and its attempted exaggeration unnecessarily adds to the social panic. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] adhdsergio@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (3 children) So I did a quick search because that number seemed absurd, even for a developing country like the US, and it's in the right ballpark, but according to the sources "most are found and returned to safety". Most are runaways (92%), and about a third of the remaining 8% are abductions by strangers (would work out to about 13000), and that is disturbing, if true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 child) What about abductions by their parents? It's the one I was warned the most about in my 15 years of working with children permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago Of the 8% that aren’t runaways, it’s about 2/3 of that. Or 6% of missing kids are abducted by a non-custodial parent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago Could have gone with "13,000 unsolved missing child reports" and been more effective, because the number would have been credible permalink fedilink source parent [–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 5 points 5 days ago Most are runaways (92%) That point does make the figure a bit more plausible and logical in a sense. The problem is interpretation since majority of cases are fortunately short-time and quickly resolved. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Doom@discuss.online 2 points 5 days ago If you read the Epstein files, most of those children were never categorized as missing, runaway or anything similar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 days ago (3 children) The missing children? That's not a made-up number... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Rosbj@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (2 children) So not only does 1/1000 of every Americans go missing every single year (that would be wild), and you're telling me it's all children? 600000 every single year? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago That’s just the number of missing child reports. The vast majority are teens who are gone for a couple of days without telling their parents where they’re at and are found and returned quickly (92-93%). A good portion of those reports are multiple reports for the same teenagers that repeatedly run off from home. Frequent runaway teens with 10 or more missing child reports make up 30% of all missing child reports each year. https://popcenter.asu.edu/node/37501 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago From a few comment below: https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/ And yeah, children go missing very easily. These are the number of reports. Most children are found very quickly after reporting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago It's technically not. Someone else said 92% are found quickly. Runaways, parents don't know where their kid is, etc, its the number of "reports". But the other 8% are about 13k kids. Even that amount is kinda crazy tbh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago But they don't believe it's real, and their own perceptions of reality are clearly more important than actual reality! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adhdsergio@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (3 children) So I did a quick search because that number seemed absurd, even for a developing country like the US, and it's in the right ballpark, but according to the sources "most are found and returned to safety". Most are runaways (92%), and about a third of the remaining 8% are abductions by strangers (would work out to about 13000), and that is disturbing, if true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 child) What about abductions by their parents? It's the one I was warned the most about in my 15 years of working with children permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago Of the 8% that aren’t runaways, it’s about 2/3 of that. Or 6% of missing kids are abducted by a non-custodial parent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago Could have gone with "13,000 unsolved missing child reports" and been more effective, because the number would have been credible permalink fedilink source parent [–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 5 points 5 days ago Most are runaways (92%) That point does make the figure a bit more plausible and logical in a sense. The problem is interpretation since majority of cases are fortunately short-time and quickly resolved. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 child) What about abductions by their parents? It's the one I was warned the most about in my 15 years of working with children permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago Of the 8% that aren’t runaways, it’s about 2/3 of that. Or 6% of missing kids are abducted by a non-custodial parent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago Of the 8% that aren’t runaways, it’s about 2/3 of that. Or 6% of missing kids are abducted by a non-custodial parent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago Could have gone with "13,000 unsolved missing child reports" and been more effective, because the number would have been credible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cosmos8188@leminal.space 5 points 5 days ago Most are runaways (92%) That point does make the figure a bit more plausible and logical in a sense. The problem is interpretation since majority of cases are fortunately short-time and quickly resolved. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Doom@discuss.online 2 points 5 days ago If you read the Epstein files, most of those children were never categorized as missing, runaway or anything similar. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 5 days ago (3 children) The missing children? That's not a made-up number... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Rosbj@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (2 children) So not only does 1/1000 of every Americans go missing every single year (that would be wild), and you're telling me it's all children? 600000 every single year? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago That’s just the number of missing child reports. The vast majority are teens who are gone for a couple of days without telling their parents where they’re at and are found and returned quickly (92-93%). A good portion of those reports are multiple reports for the same teenagers that repeatedly run off from home. Frequent runaway teens with 10 or more missing child reports make up 30% of all missing child reports each year. https://popcenter.asu.edu/node/37501 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago From a few comment below: https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/ And yeah, children go missing very easily. These are the number of reports. Most children are found very quickly after reporting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago It's technically not. Someone else said 92% are found quickly. Runaways, parents don't know where their kid is, etc, its the number of "reports". But the other 8% are about 13k kids. Even that amount is kinda crazy tbh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago But they don't believe it's real, and their own perceptions of reality are clearly more important than actual reality! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rosbj@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (2 children) So not only does 1/1000 of every Americans go missing every single year (that would be wild), and you're telling me it's all children? 600000 every single year? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago That’s just the number of missing child reports. The vast majority are teens who are gone for a couple of days without telling their parents where they’re at and are found and returned quickly (92-93%). A good portion of those reports are multiple reports for the same teenagers that repeatedly run off from home. Frequent runaway teens with 10 or more missing child reports make up 30% of all missing child reports each year. https://popcenter.asu.edu/node/37501 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago From a few comment below: https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/ And yeah, children go missing very easily. These are the number of reports. Most children are found very quickly after reporting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago That’s just the number of missing child reports. The vast majority are teens who are gone for a couple of days without telling their parents where they’re at and are found and returned quickly (92-93%). A good portion of those reports are multiple reports for the same teenagers that repeatedly run off from home. Frequent runaway teens with 10 or more missing child reports make up 30% of all missing child reports each year. https://popcenter.asu.edu/node/37501 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago From a few comment below: https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/ And yeah, children go missing very easily. These are the number of reports. Most children are found very quickly after reporting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago It's technically not. Someone else said 92% are found quickly. Runaways, parents don't know where their kid is, etc, its the number of "reports". But the other 8% are about 13k kids. Even that amount is kinda crazy tbh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago But they don't believe it's real, and their own perceptions of reality are clearly more important than actual reality! permalink fedilink source parent
