Kidnapping in United States
Kidnapping Definition
The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or ohild from their own country, and sending them into another
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The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or ohild from their own country, and sending them into another
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The act of carrying away a person against the person’s will by unlawful force or by fraud (in U.S. law). Although the kidnapper usually has a further intention, such as holding for ransom (in U.S. law), the only intent necessary to constitute the crime of kidnapping is the intent to detain the victim against his or her will. Kidnapping may be punishable by death. See also abduction (in U.S. law).
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Kidnapping
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Kidnapping in the U.S. Code: Title 18, Part I, Chapter 55
The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating kidnapping are compiled in the United States Code under Title 18, Part I, Chapter 55. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Crimes and Criminal Law (including kidnapping) of the United States. The readers can further narrow their legal research on the topic by chapter and subchapter.
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See Also
Hearst, Patty; Lindbergh Kidnapping.
Family Relationships and Crime; Federal Criminal Jurisdiction
Captivity Narratives ; Iran Hostage Crisis ; Leopold-Loeb Case ; Lindbergh Kidnapping Case ; Slave Trade .
Further Reading (Books)
Alix, Ernest K. Ransom Kidnapping in America, 1874-1974: The Creation of a Capital Crime. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978.
American Jurisprudence. Kidnapping. West Publishing Group, 1964. Current through April 1999 Cumulative Supplement.
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4th ed. Edited by George Chase. New York: Banks Law Publishing Co., 1926.
Davis, Samuel M.; Scott, Elizabeth S.; Wadlington, Walter; and Whitebread, Charles H. Children in the Legal System. 2d ed. Westbury, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 1997.
Goldstein, Anne B. “The Tragedy of the Interstate Child: A Critical Reexamination of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act.” University of California-Davis Law Review 25 (1992): 845.
Fass, Paula S. Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Gordon, Linda. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Morris, Thomas D. Free Men All: Personal Liberty Laws of the North, 1780-1861. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974.
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Further Reading (Articles)
Kidnapping: How Can EAPs Intervene? by Understanding the Cultures of Societies and Workplaces and the Differing Perspectives of Criminals and Their Victims, EA Professionals Can Minimize the Impact of Kidnappings on Workers, Their Families, and Their Employers, The Journal of Employee Assistance; May 1, 2005; Concha, Eduardo Villar
Kidnappings in Colombia taint nation’s fragile hopes for peace.(Knight Ridder Newspapers), Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; October 31, 2001; Hall, Kevin G.
Kidnapping Women: Discourses of Emotion and Social Change in the Kyrgyz Republic, Anthropological Quarterly; January 1, 2012; Borbieva, Noor O’Neill
Kidnapping: Business is booming ; Countries like Nigeria are recession-proof growth markets, International Herald Tribune; December 5, 2009; NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE
Phoenix’s kidnappings on track to decline in 2009, AP Worldstream; December 27, 2009; JACQUES BILLEAUD
Kidnappings shock Phoenix — Police fear crime wave might be spreading, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN); May 10, 2009; Jacques Billeaud
Mexican kidnapping industry profits from mistrust of police., Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); October 11, 2002
Police Tackle Kidnapping Surge in Trinidad, NPR All Things Considered; August 17, 2007; ROBERT SIEGEL
LATIN AMERICA: THE KIDNAPPING ‘INDUSTRY’ IS BOOMING, Inter Press Service English News Wire; August 20, 2003; Humberto Márquez*
Insurance cover against kidnapping has many takers, Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); August 19, 2007
Countering the Threat of Kidnapping, Risk Management; May 1, 1993; Petersen, W. Harold Petersen, Thomas R.
Mexico: The Fight to End Kidnapping, La Prensa San Diego; April 18, 2014; Ramos, Sergio
Kidnapping industry is booming in China., Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); January 22, 2006
Kidnapping rises in China alongside booming economy., Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); January 25, 2006; Osnos, Evan
New, more brutal wave of kidnappings spark anger, protests in Latin America, AP Worldstream; June 25, 2004; MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer
Kidnappings Surge In a Pakistan Beset On Multiple Fronts; Militancy, Economic Woes Breed Insecurity, The Washington Post; June 7, 2009; Nahal Toosi
Kidnappings spike in Pakistan, AP Online; June 6, 2009; NAHAL TOOSI
Express Kidnaps Pressure Rates: An Estimated 30,000 Annual Kidnappings Has Led to a Spike in Kidnap and Ransom Claims. the Greatest Threat Seen These Days Is So-Called “Express Kidnappings.”, Risk & Insurance; March 1, 2012; Tuckey, Steve
Federal, State Governments Begin Campaign to Combat Kidnapping; Mexico Has Second-Highest Rate in the World, SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico; June 16, 2004
WEINSTEIN CASE FURTHER PROVES THAT KIDNAPPING DOESN’T PAY, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); August 19, 1993; RICK HAMPSON – Associated Press
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Further Reading
- Information about Kidnapping in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.
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