Chapter 18 TCOLE Missing and
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Disability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person with a mental, physical, intellectual,
and/or developmental impairment which
increase the possibility of putting themselves at risk of immediate harm.
Disabilities may be congenital or acquired.
People experience developmental disabilities from birth.
A person may acquire a disability during their lifetime
,Individuals who are low or nonverbal and those with high support needs
may have
challenges communicating their whereabouts or seeking help.
Institutional Grooming - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the most common exploiters are
those who are known to the child and/or their family, and the exploiter may
even hold a position of trust with the family
Restrain - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To restrict a person's movements without
consent, so as to interfere substantially with the person's liberty, by moving
the person from one place to another or by confining the person.
Restrain in penal code refers applies to children under the age of -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔14
What percentage of perpetrators were registered sex offenders at the time
of the incident when they were identified or arrested? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔15%
What is the NCMEC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children's
What is the national child abduction rate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 to 7
,Family abduction cases have shown that children taken by ___- -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔
Missing Person - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔
Endangered - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person of any age who is missing and is in
the company of another person under circumstances that places them in
danger.
Involuntary - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person of any age who is missing under
circumstances that indicate the disappearance was not voluntary.
Voluntary Missing Adult - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An adult who is reported missing,
but who has left of their own free will.
A missing person may have intentionally left with the purpose of committing
suicide.
Disaster Victim - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person of any age who is reported
missing and assumed to be a victim of a disaster, either man-made or
natural.
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, Juvenile - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person who is unemancipated, as defined by
the law, and who does not meet any of the criteria set forth above under
disability, endangered, disaster, or involuntary.
"A minor may petition to have the disabilities of minority removed for limited
or general purposes if the minor is: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a resident of this state.
17 years of age, or at least 16 years of age and living separate and apart
from the minor's parents, managing conservator, or guardian; and
Self-supporting and managing the minor own financial affairs.
A minor may file suit under this chapter in the minor own name. The minor
need not be represented by next friend."
Next Friend - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An individual appearing or appointed by a
court to act on the behalf of a person lacking legal capacity, such as a child
or a person who has been incapacitated due to illness or injury
Missing from Care-Adults - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Adults missing from places such
as hospitals, residential care homes, or mental health facilities.
Missing from Care-Children - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A child missing from care who
is not in the physical custody of the agency, individual, or institution with
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Disability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person with a mental, physical, intellectual,
and/or developmental impairment which
increase the possibility of putting themselves at risk of immediate harm.
Disabilities may be congenital or acquired.
People experience developmental disabilities from birth.
A person may acquire a disability during their lifetime
,Individuals who are low or nonverbal and those with high support needs
may have
challenges communicating their whereabouts or seeking help.
Institutional Grooming - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the most common exploiters are
those who are known to the child and/or their family, and the exploiter may
even hold a position of trust with the family
Restrain - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To restrict a person's movements without
consent, so as to interfere substantially with the person's liberty, by moving
the person from one place to another or by confining the person.
Restrain in penal code refers applies to children under the age of -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔14
What percentage of perpetrators were registered sex offenders at the time
of the incident when they were identified or arrested? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔15%
What is the NCMEC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children's
What is the national child abduction rate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1 to 7
,Family abduction cases have shown that children taken by ___- -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔
Missing Person - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔
Endangered - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person of any age who is missing and is in
the company of another person under circumstances that places them in
danger.
Involuntary - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person of any age who is missing under
circumstances that indicate the disappearance was not voluntary.
Voluntary Missing Adult - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An adult who is reported missing,
but who has left of their own free will.
A missing person may have intentionally left with the purpose of committing
suicide.
Disaster Victim - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person of any age who is reported
missing and assumed to be a victim of a disaster, either man-made or
natural.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Juvenile - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A person who is unemancipated, as defined by
the law, and who does not meet any of the criteria set forth above under
disability, endangered, disaster, or involuntary.
"A minor may petition to have the disabilities of minority removed for limited
or general purposes if the minor is: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a resident of this state.
17 years of age, or at least 16 years of age and living separate and apart
from the minor's parents, managing conservator, or guardian; and
Self-supporting and managing the minor own financial affairs.
A minor may file suit under this chapter in the minor own name. The minor
need not be represented by next friend."
Next Friend - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An individual appearing or appointed by a
court to act on the behalf of a person lacking legal capacity, such as a child
or a person who has been incapacitated due to illness or injury
Missing from Care-Adults - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Adults missing from places such
as hospitals, residential care homes, or mental health facilities.
Missing from Care-Children - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A child missing from care who
is not in the physical custody of the agency, individual, or institution with
