Take Root, a non-profit organization funded by the US Department of Justice, [1] [2] [3] [4] is the first missing-child organization ever founded by former abducted children. Incorporated in 2005, over one hundred former abducted children have participated, providing peer support to fellow former abducted children, advocating on child-abduction issues from the child-victim's perspective, and providing landmark information on the victimology of child-abduction to multidisciplinary professionals, impacted families, and the public. [5]
See also
References
- Belzman, Josh, "Victims of Family Abduction Speak Out", MSNBC.com, May 14.
- Feeg, Veronica, "What is Not Part of the Child Abduction News Story?", Journal of Pediatric Nursing (Jannetti) 33 (1), Jan-Feb 2007.
- Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister (published 2007).
- Hammer, Nancy, "The Myths and Truths of Family Abduction",USA Today, Sept 2003.
- Pressley, Sue Ann, "Left in a Life of Uncertainty", The Washington Post, June 6, 2006:A01.
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