Other Kidnapping Statistics

•   Kidnapping makes up less than 2 percent of all violent crimes against juveniles reported to police.
• 49% of kidnapping is done by family member.
• 27% of kidnapping is classified as "acquaintance kidnapping".
• 24% is done by a stranger called "stranger kidnapping".
• When a family member kidnaps the victim, 16% of the time, the victim has experienced serious mental harm.
• In a family kidnapping, the mother takes the child in 54% of the cases, and the father 46%.
• Many family kidnappings occur after a serious divorce in which the parents have custody battles.
• This information is from:
• http://www.cyber.acomp.usf.edu/~honors/Website/current/StudentWebs/Kidnapping/Statistics_page.html
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