Persuasive Essay On Kidnapping

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What is kidnapping? According to Google, kidnapping is; take (someone) away illegally by force, typically to obtain a ransom. Kidnapping does not just apply to children but also adults. This day and age we continuosly hear about woman being kidnapped and held captive. However, what about the woman who are the kidnappers, the perpetrators who carry out these immoral acts? It is very rare for that you see in the news headlines that a woman is the main suspect involved in the kidnapping. They are normally just said to be an accomplice or the victim of the act. And sometimes unfortunately, we tend to look past the idea that women are capable of pulling this off just as much as any man. There are different types of kidnapping that occur. Family kidnapping is committed primarily by parents, involves a larger percentage of female perpetrators (43 percent) than other types of kidnapping. These tend to be the most common cases where women are actually seen as the kidnapper. Acquaintance kidnapping involves a comparatively high percentage of juvenile …show more content…

About 20 percent of the children reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in nonfamily abductions are not found …show more content…

The perpetrator posed as the five year old girl's mother and signed her out of school. She proceeded to dump her in a dumpster after hours of being held captive. Throughout the trial her attorney said she went through a mental evaluation and that she was not at fault. She was sentenced to 20 years to life on the charge of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse causing serious bodily injury. For aggravated assault and kidnapping charges, she was sentenced to another 10 to 20 years on each

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