The Kid is With a Parent, How Bad Can it Be?: The Crisis of Family Abductions

– Brief issues paper on child abductions by family members.
[PDF] (1991)

International Forum on Parental Child Abduction: Hague Convention Action Agenda

– This report details the findings of a forum held in September 1998 to study the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and offers 12 action-agenda items to help strengthen its implementation.
[PDF] (April, 1999)

Family Abduction, Prevention and Response

– Contains step-by-step information for parents who have experienced a family abduction, domestic or international. Guides parents through the civil- and criminal-justice systems, explains the laws that will help them, outlines prevention methods, and provides suggestions for aftercare following the abduction.
[PDF] (March, 2002)

An Analysis of Infant Abductions

– Written in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the U.S. Department of Justice, and University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, this book presents the findings from interviews and record reviews of various nonfamily offenders who abducted 119 children younger than 6 months of age between 1983 and 1992.
[PDF] (June, 2003)

For Healthcare Professionals: Guidelines on Prevention of and Response to Infant Abductions

– Targeted at maternal/child-care nurses, healthcare security administrators, law-enforcement officials, public-relations officers, and parents. Recommends actions to be taken to prevent an infant abduction from a healthcare facility or home, and outlines the steps to be taken if an abduction occurs.
[PDF] (2005)