What is Abduction?
'''Abduction''' is the [[criminal]] act of taking a [[person]] away by means of [[fraud]], [[persuasion]], by [[threat]] of [[violence]] or by [[force]].<ref name=Farlex>{{cite web |url=http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/abduction |title=Abduction |publisher=The Free Dictionary/Farlex |access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> [[Kidnapping]], by comparison, is limited to a [[threat]] of [[violence]] or [[wikt:forcefully|forcefully]] taking [[adult]]s or by the taking of [[children]].<ref name=Farlex/> It often involves some form of [[false imprisonment]]. In some [[states of the United States|states]], kidnapping and abduction are treated as the same thing.<ref name=USLegal>{{cite web |url=http://kidnapping.uslegal.com/kidnapping-v-abduction/ |title=Kidnapping v. Abduction |publisher=US Legal, Inc |access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> But in most [[jurisdictions]] they are separate [[crime]]s. Un[[law]]ful [[wikt:interference|interference]] with family members such as removing a [[child]] from its [[parent]]s is abduction.<ref name=USLegal/> It does not matter if the [[minor (law)|minor]] [[consent]]s or not. Kidnapping is the unlawful taking of a person against their [[Free will|will]].<ref name=USLegal/> Abduction can also mean the taking of any [[female]] person for the purposes of [[human trafficking]], [[prostitution]], [[concubinage]] or ([[forced marriage|forced]]) [[marriage]].<ref name=Farlex/> == Child abduction == During [[war]]s, children are often [[child theft|abducted]].<ref name=UN>{{cite web |url=https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/effects-of-conflict/six-grave-violations/abduction-of-children/ |title=Abductions |publisher=United Nations |access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> They may be treated [[wikt:brutal|brutal]]ly or killed.<ref name=UN/> They may be victims of [[sexual violence]] or may be used as [[soldier]]s.<ref name=UN/> Children are abducted both by armed parties or governments. They may be taken as an act of [[wikt:retaliation|retaliation]] against a population.<ref name=UN