5. people who are being held against their will
Answers
Answer:
If someone is being held against their will and being severely emotionally abused but there is no physical abuse, what can I do to report this without giving it away that the person told me? I also don’t want their kids taken away.
Answer:
In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful transportation, asportation and confinement of a person against their will. It can also be defined as false imprisonment by means of abduction, both of which are separate crimes that when committed simultaneously upon the same person merge as the single crime of kidnapping. The asportation/abduction element is typically but not necessarily conducted by means of force or fear. That is, the perpetrator may use a weapon to force the victim into a vehicle, but it is still kidnapping if the victim is enticed to enter the vehicle willingly (e.g. in the belief that it is a taxicab).
El Malón, by Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802–1858), historic painting depicting kidnapping of a woman.
K. J. Ståhlberg (in the center-right), the first President of the Republic of Finland, and his wife at the Helsinki Central Station after their kidnapping. In the middle of picture their daughter Elli Ståhlberg stands behind them.
Kidnapping may be done to demand for ransom in exchange for releasing the victim, or for other illegal purposes. Kidnapping can be accompanied by bodily injury which elevates the crime to aggravated kidnapping.[1]
Kidnapping of a child is also known as child abduction, and these are sometimes separate legal categories.
Motivations
By jurisdiction
Statistics
See also
References
Further reading
External links