On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:08:22 +0100 Steve Walker wrote :
I certainly saw a documentary (probably around eight years ago) where
they asserted that the number of children kidnapped and abused/murdered
hadn't changed for fifty years, so as you say, it is most likely just
that there is a lot more reporting of it.

The main risk to children AIUI is from the boyfriends/new partners of
single mothers, not strangers in dirty raincoats, and changing life
patterns mean that children are far more likely to come into contact with
the former than fifty years ago.

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