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Evaluating Small-Scale Simulation For Teaching Abduction Prevention Skills, Jessica E. Ritzmann
Evaluating Small-Scale Simulation For Teaching Abduction Prevention Skills, Jessica E. Ritzmann
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Approximately 1,600 attempted kidnappings occurred within 2018 (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 2019). In a 2016 report by Wolak, Finkelhor, and Sedlak, of the 105 stereotypical kidnappings that occurred in 2011, many resulted in sexual assault, the children are never found, or death. These dangerous circumstances warrant a method of teaching safety skills to children to avoid abduction. Research has shown that small-scale simulation is effective for teaching firearm safety to 3- to 5-year-olds children (Maxfield, Miltenberger, & Novotny, 2019). This research has not been applied to abduction prevention safety. The current study aimed to address this research …