http://cynicsunlimited.com/2009/05/31/toris-law-do-amber-alerts-provide-false-security/ Dissecting What You Choose to Ignore Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cynicsunlimited.com/2009/05/31/toris-law-do-amber-alerts-provide-false-security/#comment-1748 Emilia Liz Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:42:33 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=601#comment-1748 This is a common dilemma on the subject of "missing children." It turns out a large proportion of them are abducted not by strangers and/or sexual offenders but by non-custodial parents. On the other hand a minority are indeed kidnapped by individuals who would indeed harm them. So should we issue Amber Alerts for every missing child in case they are truly in the danger Victoria Stafford was, or would it be like crying wolf (and making the public less likely to pay any attention to such alerts)? Therein lies the problem... This is a common dilemma on the subject of “missing children.” It turns out a large proportion of them are abducted not by strangers and/or sexual offenders but by non-custodial parents. On the other hand a minority are indeed kidnapped by individuals who would indeed harm them. So should we issue Amber Alerts for every missing child in case they are truly in the danger Victoria Stafford was, or would it be like crying wolf (and making the public less likely to pay any attention to such alerts)? Therein lies the problem…

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