Kidnapping and Violence New Research and Clinical Perspectives
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 gov
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Kidnapping and Violence New Research and Clinical Perspectives
Kidnapping and Violence
Stephen Morewitz
Kidnapping and Violence New Research and Clinical Perspectives
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Stephen Morewitz California State University, East Bay San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-2116-4 ISBN 978-1-4939-2117-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2117-1
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To the loving memory of my mother, Ruth August Morewitz, my father, Burt M. Morewitz, and my uncle, Dr. Harry A. Morewitz
Preface
The practice of abducting individuals has existed since the dawn of civilization. For example, in ancient Rome and Greece, persons were captured during wars and then used as slaves. The term, kidnapping, comes from the word, kid, meaning child and nap (nab) meaning snatch (Wikipedia, Kidnapping, no date). This term dates back to 1673 and was originally employed to describe the practice of stealing children for use as servants or laborers in the American colonies. The term, abduction, has also been used to denote this phenomenon since 1768. In the nineteenth century, the term, shanghaiing was employed to show how men were kidnapped in order to serve as unwilling labor on board merchant ships, where the ship’s captain was “king.” At the same time, the term, “press ganging,” was used to describe the conscription of civilians into the military, especially the British Navy, beginning in 1664 and continuing until the early nineteenth century (Wikipedia, Impressment, no date). Kidnapping or abduction now refers to any illegal capture or detention of an individual or people
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