Statistics on Kids running away from home
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by: madeline
We’ve always heard of kids running away from home. If it were because of maltreatment I'd definitely understand however there are other cases where they just ran off.
The number of runaway teens seems to go rampant. In a background check done by Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) last 2001 there are about 840,279 missing person entries for both juveniles and adults. Their report shows that that about 85 to 90 percent of the said number are juveniles.
If we are to search criminal records, there are approximately 725,000 cases where a child's disappearance needed the help of law enforcement. Let’s face it that there are those who kidnap or take advantage of the child's needs to survive. They become involved in using drugs, prostitution or pornography. For those who just want to break free from these illegal activities, once they have been used to their lives although sick of it, don't believe that social service agencies can help them. There are about 50 percent of runaways who usually don't believe at all.
In the background check service on children missing, it was said that there are about 1 to 1.5 million who ran away from home yearly. This statistics alone need to remind parents that detecting the reason on why kids do such action should be noted as soon as possible so as to meet the problem first before it gets worst. If there are no problems that seem to surface then it is best to check our child's protection as well.
There have been many means that the government has implemented to help the parents deal with their child's behavior and even if they did run away. To make background check not only on the child's life in and out of the house is not the only thing concern. It is also best if the people around the child are checked too in the process.
About the Author
Madeline is a psychology graduate presently working as a freelance writer and at times handle background check service for a women's magazines. she is also a ghostwriter for a local newspaper and does background check on records search for her uncle's law firm which also helps her with her writing stint.
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