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ERIC Number: EJ538513
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Preventing Non-Family Child Abductions: Are Children Aware They Are Being Followed?
Stevenson, Mark R.; Schieber, Richard A.
Journal of School Health, v66 n10 p359-60 Dec 1996
Reports an Australian study that investigated the proportion of elementary students previously taught about stranger abduction who detected they were being followed. Observations of 15 children who were followed once a week for four weeks indicated the children only detected they were being followed 3% of the time. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Comprehensive School Health Education, Crime, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Safety Education, School Health Services, Stranger Reactions, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Abductions; Australia; Kidnapping