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Techniques Used by Kidnappers to Control Their Victims
Summary: Kidnappers of children use psychological tactics and abuse to control their victims. This essay describes these tactics, including brainwashing, using the famous Elizabeth Smart kidnapping as an example. Reasons for kidnapping children and the Amber Alert system are also discussed.
Many kidnappings that have happened around the United States mainly connect with children wanting to leave with a stranger even though they know that it is wrong. How is it that adults are capable of luring children into coming with them even though they are complete strangers? Furthermore, do not parents teach their kids not to go with strangers and if it does happen that they should scream for help? Sure, yet children still willingly go with strangers. Perhaps something about them kidnapers convinces children that it is okay. Statistics show that ninety-eight percent of abducted children do not survive beyond the first 30 days (Smart 4). Some tactics that kidnappers use on their kidnap children are brainwashing, hypnosis, and physical abuse.
The first tactic kidnappers can use is brainwashing. The types of brainwashing methods used on kidnaped children include changing the viewpoints or religious beliefs, finding a victim's weakness...
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