TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - A typology of family abduction events
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Plass, Peggy S.
SP  - 244
EP  - 250
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - This article is designed to address definitional and conceptual difficulties associated with the understanding of family abductions. A typology of family abduction events is proposed that (a) will contribute to a clearer and more unified definition of the phenomenon itself; (b) reflects and accommodates the full continuum of events--indeed, allows for the view of family abductions as a continuum, varying in degrees of seriousness yet with underlying commonalities; (c) is based on characteristics of the event itself and not of the participants in the event or of its outcomes; and (d) is useful in predicting variations in characteristics of events.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559598003003004
ID  - ref1
ER  -