Ransom Kidnapping in America, 1874-1974

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"Kidnapping for ransom in the U.S. began in 1874 and has continued to the present, with periods of dormancy and resurgence. Alix traces it to the time Patty Hearst was abducted.... While the media devoted the most attention to the snatching of wealthy Midwestern businessmen in the 1930s,pub-lic concern and sympathy have been greatest when the victim was a woman or a child. This is an absorbing study not weighted down by too much sociologese."-Publishers Weekly "Ransom Kidnapping in America is an im-portant work. Not only is it a contribution to the sociology of law, but it also represents a valuable source for the wider field of crimi-nology. Little material of a scholarly nature has been written about kidnapping, and Alix's contribution will likely stand as the major reference on this subject for some time to come."-Contemporary Sociology