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My understanding, and what I remember from some brief research, is that kidnappings by strangers are incredibly rare. This would mean that the widespread fear w
by dwaltrip 9y ago
My understanding, and what I remember from some brief research, is that kidnappings by strangers are incredibly rare. This would mean that the widespread fear we see nowadays is very disproportionate, and likely due to a variety of other social factors and not some actual underlying danger. Can anyone provide a quick corroboration/correction on this?
- gnicholas 9y agoYou are correct—it's around 100 stranger abductions per year in the U.S. http://reason.com/blog/2017/03/31/kidnapping-stats http://reason.com/blog/2017/03/31/kidnapping-stats https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-missing-children/2013/05/10/efee398c-b8b4-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?utm_term=.c4581f155af5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-mis...
- dwaltrip 9y agoThanks for the data/links. Glad to know it actually isn't a major issue.