Are male children placed below female children when it comes to crime?

Asked by Hannah at 08 May,2013
Just thinking about a question i answered earlier, about missing children, and how boy's aren't "bothered with" as much as girls when it comes to things like child abduction I personally can think of a few high profile cases regarding little boys, such as James Bulger and Baby P. But now i think about it, it's probably because those 2 were such horrific, horrible cases. Most of the time though i hear about missing girls Are female children seen as more important than male children? And if so, i would like to know why?? Yes, i get the worry with pedophiles on little girls. But boys sometimes suffer the same. And even if they didn't, does it matter? It's still a missing child

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princess blaise the phantom wolf at 08 May,2013
most publicized cases of child abduction are small children teens are often miscategorised as missing persons - also the bodies are often not found a very old case of a young boy was just solved in australia - mostly due to publicity and his parents diligence Death of Daniel Morcombe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Death of Daniel Morcombe Daniel morcombe.jpg Daniel Morcombe Date c.7 December 2003 Location Abducted from Nambour Connection Road, Woombye, Queensland Remains discovered near Kings Road Glass House Mountains, Queensland Coordinates 26°40′1.5″S 152°58′38.5″ECoordinates: 26°40′1.5″S 152°58′38.5″E Outcome Deceased Suspect(s) Brett Peter Cowan Charges Murder Deprivation of liberty Child stealing Indecent treatment of a child under 16 Interfering with a corpse Publication bans Lifted after parents' request[1] Website danielmorcombe.com.au Daniel James Morcombe (19 December 1989 â€" c. 7 December 2003) was a 13-year-old Australian boy who was abducted from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, on 7 December 2003. In August 2011, Brett Peter Cowan, a former Sunshine Coast resident, was charged with Morcombe's murder. In the same month, DNA tests confirmed bones found in an area being searched by the SES under the guidance of the police were Morcombe's. Abduction It is believed that Morcombe was abducted from an unofficial bus stop under the Kiel Mountain Road overpass in the Woombye district of the Sunshine Coast approximately 2 km north of The Big Pineapple on Sunday, 7 December 2003.[2] Morcombe planned to catch the 1:35 pm bus to the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre for a haircut and to buy Christmas presents for his family, but he failed to return. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Daniel_Morcombe

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1. Missing white women syndrome....
   
   And with little girls it's worst, they are worried about paedophilia
   
   * Just like how most people pay more attention to women who dress revealingly than women who are modestly dressed. It's a false belief that the modestly dressed women won't get attacked because she's dressed modestly FALSE, in actual fact she is more likely to be targeted.
   
   Of course boys can suffer the same fate, but in the eyes of society it's less likely to happen, and that's why they don't get much coverage.
   
2. no they're not but perhaps people worry more about girls disappearing for short periods and also they might be more liable to predatory sex attackers
   
3. I guess you would think girls would be more likely to get raped but I get your point
   
4. maybe because it's not as reported as female child kidnappings. Do you even watch the news? there's WAY more male children who are kidnapped equally among girls.
   
5. I genuinely don't think that the gender of a child matters. Every now and again a horrible case hits the headlines - like Ben Needham. I think they make the headlines, and everyone's heart stops. The gender doesn't matter at all. It just so happens that at the moment the headlines are about little girls. But sooner or later a little boy will go missing. So sad.
   
6. most publicized cases of child abduction are small children
   
   teens are often miscategorised as missing persons - also the bodies are often not found
   
   a very old case of a young boy was just solved in australia - mostly due to publicity and his parents diligence
   
   Death of Daniel Morcombe
   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Jump to: navigation, search
   Death of Daniel Morcombe Daniel morcombe.jpg
   Daniel Morcombe
   Date c.7 December 2003
   Location Abducted from
   Nambour Connection Road, Woombye, Queensland
   Remains discovered near
   Kings Road
   Glass House Mountains, Queensland
   Coordinates 26°40′1.5″S 152°58′38.5″ECoordinates: 26°40′1.5″S 152°58′38.5″E
   Outcome Deceased
   Suspect(s) Brett Peter Cowan
   Charges Murder
   Deprivation of liberty
   Child stealing
   Indecent treatment of a child under 16
   Interfering with a corpse
   Publication bans Lifted after parents' request[1]
   Website danielmorcombe.com.au
   
   Daniel James Morcombe (19 December 1989 â€" c. 7 December 2003) was a 13-year-old Australian boy who was abducted from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, on 7 December 2003. In August 2011, Brett Peter Cowan, a former Sunshine Coast resident, was charged with Morcombe's murder. In the same month, DNA tests confirmed bones found in an area being searched by the SES under the guidance of the police were Morcombe's.
   
   Abduction
   
   It is believed that Morcombe was abducted from an unofficial bus stop under the Kiel Mountain Road overpass in the Woombye district of the Sunshine Coast approximately 2 km north of The Big Pineapple on Sunday, 7 December 2003.[2] Morcombe planned to catch the 1:35 pm bus to the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre for a haircut and to buy Christmas presents for his family, but he failed to return.
   
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Daniel_Morcombe
   
7. Yes, because of radical feminism.
   
8. Possibly because men are somewhat demonsied by the media and because the Jail population is predominately male.