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Title
Kidnapping and Violence : New Research and Clinical Perspectives / Stephen Morewitz.
ISBN
9781493921171
1493921177
9781493921164
Imprint
New York, NY : Springer, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (274 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-1-4939-2
Call Number
HV6595
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.15/4
Summary
This book analyzes kidnapping in various forms and from various perspectives. First it argues that kidnapping, including the threat of kidnapping, reflects a breakdown in the mechanisms of social control in society. This volume also discusses the ways governments and para-military and terrorist groups employ kidnappings as part of their foreign and domestic policy. This analysis evaluates why and under what conditions governments, para-military and terrorist groups decide to abduct individuals and groups. It emphasizes how individuals, groups, and governments employ abductions to achieve their psychological, social, religious, and political objectives. This analysis also examines the ways in which cultural traditions in different societies emerge to foster behaviors such as bride abductions. Moreover, this book addresses the extent to which social change modifies these cultural patterns. Suitable for students and researchers, mental health practitioners, and law enforcement, this volume is a unique analysis of our contemporary understanding of kidnapping and violence, and the social, psychological, political, and cultural motivations for such an act.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Partner Kidnapping and Hostage-Taking
Bride Abduction
Family Abduction in the United States
International Family-Child Abduction
Non-Family Juvenile Abduction
Responses to Abducted Children
Infant Abduction
Kidnapping by Cesarean Section and State-Sponsored Abduction of Newborns
Human Trafficking
Ransom Kidnapping
Kidnapping: Carjacking and Related Crimes
Aircraft Hijacking
Maritime Piracy and Kidnapping
Kidnapping Hoaxes.
