Kidnapping In The United States

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Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will, usually for ransom or in furtherance of another crime, is becoming everyone’s nightmare in our dear country. Daily, we read nightmarish stories of people being abducted as they go about their daily business. A criminal act, which first attracted national attention on 26 February 2006 when Niger Delta militants kidnapped foreign oil workers to press home their demand, kidnapping has since become ubiquitous and commercialised. It has spreadfrom the Niger Delta to virtually all nooks and crannies of the country, with some states of course being hotspots. Similarly victims have changed from being predominantly foreign oil workers to Nigerians, including parents, grand
This form of child abduction is practiced by parents when they separate or the proceedings of the divorce start. This may or may not be regarded as a criminal offence depending on the state or the country in which it is carried out.
 Ransom: The most common reason for child abduction is to extract money from the child’s parents. It is practiced mostly in the United States where the amount of ransom varies from $500 to $100 million.
 Sexual assault: In a lot of cases, child abduction is carried out in association with other violent crimes like rape and sexual assault. Generally, females are victim of such kind of child kidnapping.
 Slavery: It has been reported that many children are abducted for slavery. These children are either kept as slaves or are sold to the people in the interior parts of Africa. A rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army is known for kidnapping children for using them as sex slaves or child soldiers.
 Raise by strangers: There have been kidnappings done by females to bring the children and raise them on their own. Such women either cannot produce babies or have been psychologically affected by a miscarriage. This kind of abduction is rare, and occurs in very small
New York State classifies first-degree kidnapping on the basis of the purpose and length of the abduction. First-degree kidnapping principally includes abduction to obtain ransom; abduction that lasts for more than 12 hours and the abductor intends to injure the victim; to accomplish or advance the commission of a felony; to terrorize the victim or a third person; or to interfere with a governmental or political function. An abduction that results in death is also rated as first-degree kidnapping. A first-degree kidnapping in New York State is a class A-1 felony, which carries a sentence of at least 20 years of imprisonment. A second-degree kidnapping essentially lacks aggravating circumstances. It falls under class B felony and the offender may be sentenced to one to eight years in prison. Carjacking is also slotted as a form of kidnapping. This offense occurs when one person forces a driver out of the driver's seat and steals the vehicle, with either the victim in the car or thrown out. In California, a carjacking statute is contained within the penal code's chapter on kidnapping and it bears a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of