Criminal Law Society Blog
Abstract
The Evasive Epidemic of Missing Black Children” brings to light the disproportionately low amount of media support for missing Black Children. It draws on examples of missing Black Children, like Adam Walsh and other Atlanta Black children, to illustrate how Black children have gone ignored by the public for too long. It discusses factors such as failure of state legislatures, lack of media exposure, unfair and racial fixed labels, and law enforcement discretionary conduct, as the leading drivers of the epidemic of missing Black children. This Article then dives into efforts to reform the American system to adequately address when a missing Black child has gone missing, such as Amber and Ebony Alerts. Overall, this Article serves as a stark reminder of this country’s failure to protect Black children.
Recommended Citation
Garlick, Trinity D.
(2026)
"The Evasive Epidemic of Missing Black Children,"
Criminal Law Society Blog: Vol. 1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://insight.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/clsblog/vol1/iss1/4