ozazure
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That was interesting reading once I got by the paywall (ftr, hit refresh and then stop the page before it fully loads).
I am very glad to have some statistics at hand. I have had too many people tell me my concerns about abduction are based on media scaremongering and that it happens very rarely. Now I know "only" 30 are under 10s but even if half of the numbers are for teens and younger, that would be 80 REPORTED incidences a year in Vic, more than one a week. Everyone has to make their own choices about their child's safety, but believing stranger abduction is so rare that it always makes headlines is not a decision made with the full information at hand.
I am very glad to have some statistics at hand. I have had too many people tell me my concerns about abduction are based on media scaremongering and that it happens very rarely. Now I know "only" 30 are under 10s but even if half of the numbers are for teens and younger, that would be 80 REPORTED incidences a year in Vic, more than one a week. Everyone has to make their own choices about their child's safety, but believing stranger abduction is so rare that it always makes headlines is not a decision made with the full information at hand.