Adaptation, Rationality, and Manipulation: Insight Into Kidnappers’ Modus Operandi in the South Eastern States of Nigeria

Kidnappers’ modus operandi (MO) is defined as consisting of a summary of strategies used by kidnappers both to get close to the victims and then do the crime. Utilizing a naturalistic methodological approach, we interviewed 86 kidnappers in two prisons. Insight into the MO of systematic kidnapping i...

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Authors: Otu, Smart Egwu (Author) ; Nnam, Macpherson Uchenna (Author) ; Uduka, Uchenna Kalu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 11/12, Pages: NP6529-NP6552
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Violent offenders
PTSD
memory and trauma
Criminology