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Article: The impact of child abduction: employee assistance professionals can educate workers to prevent and respond to the devastating crimes of child abduction and sexual exploitation and help maintain their productivity if they are victimized.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Employee Assistance
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
- Author:
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When a child is abducted or sexually, exploited, the parents' lives--both their public lives (i.e., at the workplace) and private lives (at home)--begin to unravel. The mere thought of having a child kidnapped or sexually victimized, whether by a stranger, family acquaintance, or family member, can traumatize even the most confident of mothers and fathers. As employers strive to adopt family-friendly cultures to attract and retain top talent, they may want to consider providing child-safety education and crisis intervention services.
Before making that decision, it's important they understand the magnitude and scope of the problem. A national survey commissioned ...