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Are we still pushing the myth of an epidemic of kids in the states getting abducted by random strangers?
by 0xbadcafebee 5y ago
Are we still pushing the myth of an epidemic of kids in the states getting abducted by random strangers?
- D13Fd 5y agoIt's easy to focus on abductions and forget all of the other relevant crime, which makes up the majority of it. Yes abductions are low, but in many many areas crime as a whole is high, and children are often involved or impacted, and likely more so when they are stuck standing around in the dark.
- Apocryphon 5y agoAfter school crime involving children is much more prevalent. Imagine how darkness might currently aid that: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/offenders/qa03301.asp https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/offenders/qa03301.asp https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/after-school-the-prime-time-for-juvenile-crime/ https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/after-school-the-prime-t...