Child Identity Theft: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Book Details
Author(s)Robert P. Chappell Jr.
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN1442218622
ISBN-139781442218628
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,254,906
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Child identity theft is the fastest growing type of identity theft, a crime that affects some 10 million people annually. Each year more than 500,000 children are affected by identity theft – half of them under age six. Countless other cases go unreported because the thief is a relative or parent of the victim. This devastating crime can wreak havoc on a child's future opportunities; it can be difficult to prove, and even harder to undo the damage that has been done. Child Identity Theft speaks to parents everywhere, the majority of whom have no idea that their children's identities have become such prime targets for thieves and criminals.
Here, a veteran law enforcement professional and expert in child identity theft offers parents, educators, law enforcement officials, and others who care for or work with children an inside look at the ways in which children are vulnerable to identity thieves. Chappell presents the vital information in a question and answer format, offering not just information about how child identity theft happens, but also how to prevent it from happening, and what to do if it does.
Among other things, Child Identity Theft explains:
Here, a veteran law enforcement professional and expert in child identity theft offers parents, educators, law enforcement officials, and others who care for or work with children an inside look at the ways in which children are vulnerable to identity thieves. Chappell presents the vital information in a question and answer format, offering not just information about how child identity theft happens, but also how to prevent it from happening, and what to do if it does.
Among other things, Child Identity Theft explains:
- how a loophole in the national credit reporting system allows criminals to target innocent children for their creditworthiness;
- the variety of forms that child identity theft can take;
- the hidden techniques that thieves use to gain children's identities and personal information;
- which children are at a higher risk for identity theft; and
- how an increasing number of child identity thefts are perpetrated by parents and relatives.
