Safer than staying at home

When I speak to groups and describe Susya, I often mention that there is no common crime. They seem incredulous.

In this day and age, how can such a thing be possible?

Growing up in the U.S,. a child of the 1980s, I remember all too well the faces of kidnapped children posted on milk containers. We'd see them every morning as we ate our breakfast. The warnings about kidnappers were constant. "Don't take candy from a stranger" and the ever-popular "don't talk to strangers," and we girls were further warned not to ever walk alone. When we were home without our parents, we didn't even answer the...