Criminal Defense | Abduction

The term abduction is a specific criminal charge in which a person takes another person by persuasion, fraud, force or violence. The abduction is different from the charge of kidnapping, because kidnapping specifically includes the element of force of the threat of force. Abduction of a person may be committed by anyone, including parents, who take their child from another parent. Abductions do not just have to occur with children. Though they are commonly thought of as the abduction of a child, anyone can be abducted. Those who have been charged with abduction will need to have a criminal defense showing they did not do so.