A family abduction is defined as the taking, retention or concealment of a child, younger than 18 years of age, by a parent, other person with a family relationship to the child, or his or her agent, in violation of the custody rights, including visitation rights of a parent or legal guardian. Between 2008 and 2017, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) received 16,264 children with 11,761 known abductors who were involved in family abductions cases. Children and abductors were analyzed for demographics, and missing and recovery information. This report also presents information pertaining to missing duration, as well the amount of time taken to obtain a state warrant or enter the child in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).The majority of these cases involved children who were abducted by a biological parent (89.9%). Family abductions are more likely to occur when the child(ren) are younger and the abduction takes place most often during the summer. Children abducted by family members were most likely to have a mean age of 5 years old. Almost a third (32.2%) of these children were abducted in the summer months (June, July, August). In the past decade, there has been an overall decline in the amount of time in which the child is separated from their custodial parent/guardian when they are abducted by a family member.Cases with an international component had longer missing durations than domestic cases, but the durations of both were on the decline. This report found significant correlations between the time it took to issue state warrant and the missing duration of a child.

高校１年だった息子（１９）の顔に熱湯をかけるなどの虐待をして重傷を負わせたとして、三重県警津南署は１８日までに、傷害容疑で母親の派遣社員横守めぐみ容疑者（４５）＝同県鈴鹿市＝と当時交際していた自称配達員吉田圭吾容疑者（２７）＝津市久居野村町＝を逮捕した。同署は、両容疑者の認否を明らかにしていない。

大阪市で鈴木琉聖（りゅうせい）ちゃん（１）とみられる遺体が見つかった事件で、死体遺棄容疑で逮捕された母親の無職鈴木玲奈（れな）容疑者（２４）が３月に突然、琉聖ちゃんを保育所に通わせなくなっていたことが、関係者への取材で分かった。それまでは健診を受けさせるなど問題はなかった。遺体は低栄養状態で、府警は、３～４月に育児態度が急変してネグレクト（育児放棄）状態になった可能性があるとみている。