With Recent Success, Missing-Child System Faces Risk of Overuse. / Pam Belluck.
by Belluck, Pam; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 77Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Abduction | Amber Alert Plan | Children -- Crimes against | Computer networks | Kidnapping | Missing childrenDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As an alert program spreads, some seek strict rules on its use." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article suggests that overuse of the Amber Alert system "too frequently would dull their sense of urgency and make it less likely that a community would snap into action to look for a kidnapped child.".
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: With Recent Success, Missing-Child System Faces Risk of Overuse, Aug. 16, 2002; pp. A10.
"As an alert program spreads, some seek strict rules on its use." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article suggests that overuse of the Amber Alert system "too frequently would dull their sense of urgency and make it less likely that a community would snap into action to look for a kidnapped child.".
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