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Fla. Police Close Books on '81 Walsh Killing
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by 158 | December 16, 2008 at 01:27 pm
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This case has been open for a long time. It is good that it is finally over. While
this child's was tragic it did help lead to better child protection measures and
his father's activism probably help save other children from a similar fate.
Adam's death, and his father's subsequent activism on his behalf, helped put faces on milk cartons, shopping bags and mailbox flyers, started fingerprinting programs and increased security at schools and stores. It spurred the creation of missing persons units at every large police department.
It also prompted national legislation to create a national center, database and toll-free line devoted to missing children, and led to the start of "America's Most Wanted," which brought those cases into millions of homes.
What it also did, said Mount Holyoke College sociologist and criminologist Richard Moran, is make children and adults alike exponentially more afraid
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at 16:02 on December 16th, 2008
It is sad though that we seem to need tragedies to improve our system and make it safer for those that are most vulnerable.
at 14:34 on December 17th, 2008
Unfortunately we often wait until one happens before we act.