Child Abuse & Abductions
A Newsvine group dedicated to the prevention of child abductions, kidnappings, abuse and other mistreatment of children. By compiling stories of such …
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The Week's Most Popular Articles
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Victims or perpetrators: Who goes free in the “Land of the Free”
Every year in the United States, officials estimate that 100,000-300,000 children are at a heightened risk for being forced into the sex industry, particularly children that run away or are abandoned by their families. In a country plagued by sex trafficking and modern day slavery, can American truly be labeled “The Land of the Free”? Learn more about how Shared Hope International’s Protected Innocence Initiative will work to strengthen states response through the criminalization of domestic minor sex trafficking.
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Protective Provisions for Child Victims: Correcting laws to protect, not prosecute, child victims
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Prevent
Prevent.
In the familiar metaphor, we are picnicking beside a swiftly flowing river. Suddenly we look up to see a child struggling in the current, being swept downstream. Even as we mobilize to rescue that one, we see another... and then another, then more... and then dozens of desperate children being swept to their destruction in the torrent right before our eyes. Many of us will swim to the rescue with everything we’ve got. But some of our strongest and most capable know that it is urgent to go upstream and stop the disaster that is casting so many children to their doom.
We are committed to keeping more innocent victims from being thrown into the torrent. And we are committed to stopping the disaster of demand for more victims.
Our prevention efforts include:
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