商品描述
This book analyzes kidnapping in three general ways. First, kidnapping, including the threat of kidnapping, reflects a breakdown in the mechanisms of social control in society. At the level of interpersonal relations, the weakening of social control processes allows kidnappers to function in different situations and for diverse motives. This book addresses such questions as: What are the conditions under which kidnappers can evade social control by abducting or threatening to abduct another person? What factors trigger the response of social control mechanisms to kidnappers or attempted kidnappers? How effective are the institutional responses to abductions. Second, governments and para-military and terrorist groups also employ kidnappings as part of their foreign and domestic policy. This analysis evaluates why and under what conditions governments, para-military and terrorist groups decide to abduct individuals and groups. Emphasis is on how individuals, groups, and governments employ abductions to achieve their social, cultural, religious, and political objectives. Third, certain cultural traditions foster abductions. This analysis examines how cultural traditions in different societies emerge to foster behaviors such as bride abductions. Moreover, this book addresses the extent to which social chamge modifies these cultural patterns.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書從三個一般的方式分析綁架。首先，綁架，包括綁架威脅，反映了社會控制機制的崩潰。在人際關係層面，社會控制過程的削弱使得綁架者能夠在不同情境中以多樣的動機行動。本書探討了以下問題：綁架者在什麼條件下能夠通過綁架或威脅綁架他人來逃避社會控制？哪些因素觸發社會控制機制對綁架者或企圖綁架者的反應？對於綁架事件，制度性反應的有效性如何？其次，政府、準軍事組織和恐怖組織也將綁架作為其外交和內政政策的一部分。本分析評估了政府、準軍事組織和恐怖組織在什麼條件下決定綁架個人和團體。重點在於個人、團體和政府如何利用綁架來實現其社會、文化、宗教和政治目標。第三，某些文化傳統促進了綁架行為。本分析檢視了不同社會中的文化傳統如何出現以促進如新娘綁架等行為。此外，本書還探討了社會變遷在多大程度上改變了這些文化模式。
作者簡介
Dr. Stephen J. Morewitz is President of the forensic sociology consulting firm, STEPHEN J. MOREWITZ, Ph.D., & ASSOCIATES, Buffalo Grove, IL, San Francisco & Tarzana, CA. Founded in 1988, his firm consults in civil, criminal, and immigration court litigation. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences at California State University, East Bay, and is a Lecturer in the Sociology Department at San Jose State University. Dr. Morewitz has been on the faculty or staffs of Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine and School of Public Health, DePaul University, Argonne National Laboratory, and the California School of Podiatric Medicine. Dr. Morewitz is the author or co-author of eight books and over 100 other publications, including the award-winning book, Domestic Violence and Maternal and Child Health (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers/Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2004), the award-winning book, Stalking and Violence. New Patterns of Trauma and Obsession (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers/Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2003), Death Threats and Violence. New Research and Clinical Perspectives (New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008), and Sexual Harassment and Social Change in American Society (Bethesda, MD: Austin & Winfield, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 1996). He is past Chair of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Law and Society Division and the SSSP Crime and Delinquency Division and has served on a variety of SSSP committees. He was elected to Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, and to Pi Gamma Mu, the International Honor Society in Social Sciences. Dr. Morewitz earned his A.B. and M.A. from The College of William & Mary in Virginia and his Ph.D. from The University of Chicago.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
史蒂芬·J·莫維茲博士是法醫社會學諮詢公司 STEPHEN J. MOREWITZ, Ph.D., & ASSOCIATES 的總裁，該公司位於伊利諾伊州布法羅格羅夫、加州舊金山和塔爾扎納。該公司成立於1988年，專注於民事、刑事和移民法庭訴訟的諮詢服務。他是加州州立大學東灣分校護理與健康科學系的講師，並且是聖荷西州立大學社會學系的講師。莫維茲博士曾在邁克爾·瑞斯醫院及醫療中心、伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校醫學院及公共衛生學院、德保羅大學、阿根奈國家實驗室以及加州足病醫學院任教或工作。莫維茲博士是八本書籍及超過100篇其他出版物的作者或合著者，其中包括獲獎著作《家庭暴力與母嬰健康》（紐約：Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers/Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2004）、獲獎著作《跟蹤與暴力：創新的創傷與痴迷模式》（紐約：Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers/Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2003）、《死亡威脅與暴力：新的研究與臨床觀點》（紐約：Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008）以及《性騷擾與美國社會的社會變遷》（馬里蘭州貝塞斯達：Austin & Winfield, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 1996）。他曾擔任社會問題研究學會（SSSP）法律與社會部門及犯罪與青少年部門的主席，並在多個SSSP委員會中任職。他被選為Sigma Xi科學研究學會及Pi Gamma Mu國際社會科學榮譽學會的成員。莫維茲博士在維吉尼亞州的威廉與瑪麗學院獲得A.B.和M.A.學位，並在芝加哥大學獲得博士學位。
