Act of Kidnapping
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An Act of Kidnapping is an involuntary detention/abduction of a person (against their will) by a non-state actor.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be performed by a Kidnapper.
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- Example(s):
- a Bride Kidnapping,
- a Child Abduction,
- an Express Kidnapping,
- a Secret Political Abduction,
- a Tiger Kidnapping,
- Hostage.
- Lindbergh Kidnapping in the United States
- Kidnapping of Aldo Moro in Italy
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Stockholm Syndrome, Ransom, Criminal Law, Asportation, U.S. Kidnap and Interrogate Program.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping Retrieved:2018-5-12.
- In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will. Thus, it is a composite crime. It can also be defined as false imprisonment by means of abduction, both of which are separate crimes that when committed simultaneously upon the same person merge as the single crime of kidnapping. The asportation/abduction element is typically but not necessarily conducted by means of force or fear. That is, the perpetrator may use a weapon to force the victim into a vehicle, but it is still kidnapping if the victim is enticed to enter the vehicle willingly, e.g., in the belief it is a taxicab.
Kidnapping may be done to demand for ransom in exchange for releasing the victim, or for other illegal purposes. Kidnapping can be accompanied by bodily injury which elevates the crime to aggravated kidnapping.
- In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will. Thus, it is a composite crime. It can also be defined as false imprisonment by means of abduction, both of which are separate crimes that when committed simultaneously upon the same person merge as the single crime of kidnapping. The asportation/abduction element is typically but not necessarily conducted by means of force or fear. That is, the perpetrator may use a weapon to force the victim into a vehicle, but it is still kidnapping if the victim is enticed to enter the vehicle willingly, e.g., in the belief it is a taxicab.