Parental Child Abduction: An Exploratory Study of the Personality and Demographic Characteristics of Parental Abductors
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Authors
Morris, Theresa
Issue Date
2001
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
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Abstract
Parental child abduction is a persistent problem throughout the world. Parents, feeling unable to resolve custody disputes within the law, step outside of the law to abduct their children. Much of the research on parental child abduction has been conducted on participants from the United States of America . This study was conducted on the internet to target a sample of left-behind parents from around the world who could describe an international sample of abductors. The study intended to find personality and demographic variables common to parental child abductors. The sample includes 40 left-behind parents describing 40 abductors, 28 female and 12 male. Differences were discovered between male and female abductors, and as a result, two separate profiles were created. The profiles include demographic variables, whether or not religion is shared between parents, criminal history, counseling history, substance use, control issues, and whether or not parents had mutual friendships.