Nonfamily Child Abductors who Murder their Victims

Beyer, Kristen; Beasley, James

doi:10.1177/0886260503255556

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“…Finally, if the child victim was between the ages of 13 and 17, the suspect was more likely to be a close friend or a stranger, to be sexually motivated, and to kill with weapons (such as guns or knives in the case of boys, or by use of physical means in the case of girls) (Rodreguez et al, 1998). Beyer and Beasley (2003) conducted 25 interviews of nonfamily child abductors who murdered their victims. The outcome of this study was an extensive portrait of the offender's background.…”

Section: Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murdersmentioning

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Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murders: Synthesis of the Literature and Case Illustration

Heide

Beauregard

Myers

2009

Victims & Offenders

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Section: Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murdersmentioning

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Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murders: Synthesis of the Literature and Case Illustration

Heide

Beauregard

Myers

2009

Victims & Offenders

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“…The rarity of child abduction murder creates special challenges for homicide investigation (2). Agencies with limited resources can become quickly overwhelmed when a high profile case occurs (5,6). In addition, the high profile nature of previous cases has created commonly held false assumptions and beliefs about the murder of abducted children (2).…”

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Child Abduction Murder: An Analysis of the Effect of Time and Distance Separation Between Murder Incident Sites on Solvability

Brown

Keppel

2006

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Empirical studies of child abduction murder investigations are lacking. Accordingly, an empirical analysis of the effect of time and distance relationships on case solvability in child abduction murders (N=735) was conducted. The murders occurred across the United States from 1968 to 2002. Murder incident components examined were: victim last seen site, initial contact site, murder site, and body recovery site. Time and distance intervals between component pairings were also examined. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed to determine if information relating to time and distance intervals between components were critical solvability factors. Results show that information about time and distance increases case solvability. Results also demonstrate that time and distance relationships contribute uniquely to case solvability in murders of abducted children. Findings also indicate that additional factors such as type of forensic evidence, investigative resources, or actions by first responders, may be critical to case solvability.

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“…The majority of the studies ( n = 11) were based on US cases, four studies used UK cases and one study analysed data from South Korea. The date parameters for the data used spanned from 1968 to 2014 but were unidentifiable in four studies (Beasley et al , 2009; Beyer and Beasley, 2003; Warren et al , 2016, 2021). The number of cases varied (range 32–29,293) with most studies analysing between 50 and 800 cases.…”

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Understanding the complexities of non-familial child abductions: a systematic literature review on the behavioural characteristics of acquaintance and stranger abductors

Jones

Mojtahedi

Wager

et al. 2023

JCP

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Purpose Reports from 2016 to 2017 suggest that approximately 870 cases of non-familial child abduction (NFA) are recorded in England and Wales per year. Yet, empirical knowledge of the victims, offenders and offence characteristics is limited in comparison to other forms of child victimisation. Furthermore, much of the available knowledge is constrained by a lack of clarity around the differences between acquaintance and stranger abductors. This systematic literature review aims to develop a comprehensive overview of acquaintance and stranger child abductions, focussing on the similarities and differences in offending behaviours. Design/methodology/approach Research databases (PsycArticles, Google Scholar, Science Direct, PsycINFO, Criminal Justice Abstracts, MEDLINE and ERIC) and the Grey Literature (ETHOS and EBSCO) were screened for peer-reviewed research published between 1995 and 2021. Sixteen articles met the inclusion criteria and were critically appraised using a modified version of the Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist for Case Reports. Findings Six key areas within NFA offences and their characteristics were identified as offering potential for differentiating acquaintance and stranger abductors: victim–offender relationship, number of victims and offenders, motives, modus operandi, victim injury, sexual assault and mechanism of death (in fatal cases). The results of this review are discussed with consideration given to investigative implications, limitations and directions for future study. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to systematically review the current NFA literature, from which pragmatic recommendations for practice and future academic enquiry are drawn.

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Nonfamily Child Abductors who Murder their Victims

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murders: Synthesis of the Literature and Case Illustration

Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murders: Synthesis of the Literature and Case Illustration

Child Abduction Murder: An Analysis of the Effect of Time and Distance Separation Between Murder Incident Sites on Solvability

Understanding the complexities of non-familial child abductions: a systematic literature review on the behavioural characteristics of acquaintance and stranger abductors

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