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Organization: Criminal Justice Review
Publisher: Sage journals
Published In: 2008
Country: United Sates of America
Child Abduction, AMBER Alert, and Crime Control Theater
(by Timothy Griffin & Monica K. Miller)
Intense interest in disturbing child abductions by the mass media, public safety organizations, and the public has helped sustain a socially constructed mythology and sporadic “moral panic” about the presumed pervasiveness of this threat to children. The result has often been reactionary “memorial” legislation enacted in response to sensational cases. A recent example is the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alert system, which is designed to interrupt serious child kidnappings in progress by soliciting citizen tips to help officials quickly rescue victims. Drawing on available empirical evidence and theoretical considerations, the authors contend that AMBER Alert has not achieved and probably cannot achieve the ambitious goals that inspired its creation. In fact, AMBER Alert is arguably an example of what could be called crime control theater. It is a socially constructed “solution” to a socially constructed problem, enabling public officials to symbolically address an essentially intractable threat. Despite laudable intentions, AMBER Alert exemplifies how crime control theater can create unintended problems, such as public backlash when the theatrical policy fails and a distorted public discourse about the nature of crime. Considerations for the future of AMBER Alert in particular, and the concept of crime control theater in general, are discussed.
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Everything you want to know about the AMBER ALERT.
Social Psychological Influences on the Popularity of Amber Alerts by Lorie L. Sicafuse & Monica K. Miller
The AMBER Alert system enjoys widespread public support. Yet evidence suggests that the system may be ineffective and have unintended consequences.
The Psychology of AMBER Alert: Unresolved Issues and Implications by Monica K. Miller, Timoth Griffin, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Rebecca M. Thomas
The issues related to the AMBER ALERT, unresolved issues that arise.
The Amber Alert: Appropriate solution to preventing child abduction? by Zgoba, K.
Outlines the history and activation process of the Amber Alert, as well as the challenges and advantages experienced by the agencies involved.
The role of central authorities in the application of the 1980 Hague Convention on child abduction: A critical analysis of a genuine area of public international law by Dr. Kutlay TELLİ
This article mainly intends to provide a roadmap for Central Authorities regarding the return requests within the meaning of the Hague Convention
The effectiveness of victim resistance strategies against stranger child abduction:an analysis of attempted and completed cases by Karen Shalev Greene
This article examines resistance strategies thought to reduce the likelihood that a child will be able to overcome an attempted stranger child abduction event.
The Hague Child Abduction Convention: A Critical Analysis by Rhona Schuz
Provides an up-to-date discussion of the international operation of the Abduction Convention together with in-depth critical academic analysis in light of the objectives of the Convention and other relevant legal norms, such as the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Examining 19 years of officially reported child abduction incidents (1995–2013): employing a four category typology of abduction by Jeffrey A. Walsha, Jessie L. Krienerta, Cayla L. Comensa
Child abduction has generated extensive media attention due to deep-seated fear elicited by infamous incidents. This study emphasizes differences across abductors/victims in a four category relationship-based typology, including a newer category – ‘intimate partner abductions’.
Commercial child sexual exploitation online by Anon
Youtube video actors providing real statement s by a victim and an abuser, of child sexual abuse
International child abduction cases in Hungary: A comprehensive summary of statistics, legal framework and important case law by Tamás Dezső Ziegler
This article summarizes the background of child abduction cases related to Hungary, giving a comprehensive analysis of such cases between the period of 2000 and 2014.
Guidance for professionals working with children who may have been trafficked by Anon
Guidance on how professionals should act when in contact with young children that been trafficked.
The wellbeing of children in cases of international child abduction by Hilde Demarré
Presentation ''The wellbeing of children in cases of international child abduction'' was delivered at the conference was organised by the School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, partnered with the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons at Portsmouth University and sponsored by WPC Software and the UK Missing Person’s Unit.
Best practice for launching a cross-border child abduction alert by Anon
Describes and documents, based on experiences in several Member States, the key elements of a "child abduction alert" mechanism.
PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR CHILD ABDUCTION BY USING IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM ON INTEL GALILEO BOARD by NOOR HASNI BINTI ABD HADI, HARIYANTI BINTI MOHD SALEH & SALINA BINTI MOHD ASI
This paper describes a real-time system based on image processing algorithms by using Active Appearance Model technique for alignment process. The motivation of this research is the need for reducing children abduction cases.
The European Court of Human Rights and the Hague Child Abduction Convention: Prioritising Return or Reflection? by Peter McEleavy
This article analyses the Grand Chamber judgments in Neulinger and X v. Latvia and considers how compliance with Article 8 ECHR should be achieved in the application of the Hague Convention; prioritising return or reflection? In so doing it also reflects on whether a summary return mechanism can continue to accord with twenty-first century expectations and norms.
The European Court of Human Rights and the Hague Child Abduction Convention: Prioritising Return or Reflection? by Peter McEleavy
This article analyses the Grand Chamber judgments in Neulinger and X v. Latvia and considers how compliance with Article 8 ECHR should be achieved in the application of the Hague Convention; prioritising return or reflection?
International Parental Child Abduction and Mediation by Nuria González Martín
The goal of this article is, first, to analyze the operation of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in the context of its Guide to Good Practice on Mediation to determine whether such guide will promote Mediation as a useful method for family conflict resolution in cases of international child abduction by one of the parents.
Behind the Curtains of International Child Abduction Proceedings by Anca Crihana, Anca-Raluca Sas & Tudor-Cristian Ciobanu
Have you ever heard about parents abducting their own child to another country? A parent takes away his child from the other parent or he refuses to return the child. What about the child’s best interests? What does the child actually want? What is his/her perspective on the abduction? Is it important to hear the voice of the child? Should the judge give weight to his/her testimony?
Stranger child abduction and guardianship: Accompaniment and surveillance in attempted and completed cases by Craig J. R. Collie, Karen Shalev Greene
he Routine Activity Theory construct of capable guardianship is used to examine the features of 78 cases of stranger child abduction, using an outcome-based approach to establishing the effectiveness of various potential sources of guardianship in preventing abduction attempts from becoming completed, and to test widely held and taught beliefs on this subject.
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