Parental kidnapping in America [electronic resource] : an historical and cultural analysis / Maureen Dabbagh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.Description: vii, 203 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.82/970973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6598 .D327 2012eb
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Contents:
Parental abduction: a timeless tradition -- The progressive era and the family -- Culture, blood and borders -- The military, war, and parental kidnapping -- Religion: motivation for abduction -- Heroes and outlaws -- Nationalism and the Hague -- Domestic violence, child abuse, and alienation -- Law enforcement and parental kidnapping -- Reunification -- Prevention -- Politics of abduction -- Evolution of an epidemic.
Summary: "In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice reported an average of 200,000 cases of parental kidnapping each year. This candid exploration from the eighteenth century to the present clarifies many misconceptions and reveals how the external influences of American social, political, legal, and religious culture can exacerbate family conflict, creating a social atmosphere ripe for abduction"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Parental abduction: a timeless tradition -- The progressive era and the family -- Culture, blood and borders -- The military, war, and parental kidnapping -- Religion: motivation for abduction -- Heroes and outlaws -- Nationalism and the Hague -- Domestic violence, child abuse, and alienation -- Law enforcement and parental kidnapping -- Reunification -- Prevention -- Politics of abduction -- Evolution of an epidemic.

"In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice reported an average of 200,000 cases of parental kidnapping each year. This candid exploration from the eighteenth century to the present clarifies many misconceptions and reveals how the external influences of American social, political, legal, and religious culture can exacerbate family conflict, creating a social atmosphere ripe for abduction"--Provided by publisher.

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