PREPARATION OUTLINE
Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about parental child abduction.
Thesis Statement: Parental Child abduction accounts for most abductions committed, though difficult as they are, police officers do their best job to end the situation the right way.
Introduction
Attention Getter: (holding my son) This here is Landon. Landon is mine and my husband’s son. Now, if I were to get into an argument with my husband and take our son without telling him, would that be considered parental child abduction?
Overview of Main Points: Child abductions happen every day and one might think it is caused by stranger danger unfortunately, most abductions are committed by biological parents. This is a call police officers do not want …show more content…
First, we are going to talk about what is considered parental child abduction. A. According to FBI.gov, parental child abduction is when a child 17 years or younger is taken or kept by a parent who does not have legal custody. B. If a child is 15 years old or older, for them to be considered abducted by a parent there has to be a possibility for him/her to be in danger. 1. Definition of parental child abduction includes the following terms: taking, keeping, concealment, flight, intent to deprive indefinitely, child (under 18), family member. 2. Parental child abduction laws vary state by state.
(Transition)
II. The next thing I am going to cover is the statistics and characteristics of children who are most abducted.
A. The percentage of children who were abducted by their biological fathers are 53% vs 25% for biological mother.
B. 46% of the children were home within a week, 21% weren’t returned until one month or more of being away. 1. 44% of the children were younger than 6 years of age. 2. In the past two years, there have been over 460 thousand entries to NCIS (National Crime Information Center).
(Transition)
III. Lastly, I will be discussing what a police officer’s job is when he gets a call to a home where a child has been
Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about parental child abduction.
Thesis Statement: Parental Child abduction accounts for most abductions committed, though difficult as they are, police officers do their best job to end the situation the right way.
Introduction
Attention Getter: (holding my son) This here is Landon. Landon is mine and my husband’s son. Now, if I were to get into an argument with my husband and take our son without telling him, would that be considered parental child abduction?
Overview of Main Points: Child abductions happen every day and one might think it is caused by stranger danger unfortunately, most abductions are committed by biological parents. This is a call police officers do not want …show more content…
First, we are going to talk about what is considered parental child abduction. A. According to FBI.gov, parental child abduction is when a child 17 years or younger is taken or kept by a parent who does not have legal custody. B. If a child is 15 years old or older, for them to be considered abducted by a parent there has to be a possibility for him/her to be in danger. 1. Definition of parental child abduction includes the following terms: taking, keeping, concealment, flight, intent to deprive indefinitely, child (under 18), family member. 2. Parental child abduction laws vary state by state.
(Transition)
II. The next thing I am going to cover is the statistics and characteristics of children who are most abducted.
A. The percentage of children who were abducted by their biological fathers are 53% vs 25% for biological mother.
B. 46% of the children were home within a week, 21% weren’t returned until one month or more of being away. 1. 44% of the children were younger than 6 years of age. 2. In the past two years, there have been over 460 thousand entries to NCIS (National Crime Information Center).
(Transition)
III. Lastly, I will be discussing what a police officer’s job is when he gets a call to a home where a child has been