Kidnapping is knowingly restraining someone against their will. The most common type of kidnapping is known as custodial interference, or parental kidnapping. This occurs when a parent takes a child away from the custodial parent. Statistics have shown that approximately 350,000 children are kidnapped by family members every year.
Kidnapping carries very steep penalties, sometimes it is considered a felony. It depends on the particular circumstances. If the kidnapper has been in trouble with the law already, chances are they would end up serving prison time for a kidnapping offense, regardless of the circumstances.
Other reasons that kidnapping occurs is for ransom, sexual crimes, intent of forcing the victim to commit criminal behavior, or intent to harm.
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