What is Kidnapping?
{{redirect|Kidnapped|the book by Robert Louis Stevenson|Kidnapped (book)|the movie|Kidnapped (movie)}} [[File:Dinah_tissot.jpg|right|thumb|331x331px|The abduction of [[Dinah]], (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by [[James Tissot]])]] '''Kidnapping''' is an [[illegal]] act of [[stealing]] [[people]]. It has been around for a long time. For example, there were [[slave trade]]rs in [[Ancient Rome]] who kidnapped people and sold them as [[slave]]s. If a parent steals a child without the other parent's consent it is known as parental abduction. Sometimes, kidnapping is done for [[ransom]]. Many times, people kidnap children, an example is [[Amber Hagerman]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/amber-hagerman | title=How a Nine-Year-Old's Horrifying Kidnapping and Murder Inspired the AMBER Alert System | date=30 May 2021 }}</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Related pages== * [[Abduction]] * [[Hostage]] * [[Stockholm syndrome]] [[Category:Kidnapping| ]] {{stub}}