جرائم خطف الأطفال الواقعة من الأجانب في قانون الطفل العماني لسنة 2014 م

Abstract EN

Child abduction which was thoroughly defined and described in this paper is considered as a serious crime with severe consequences on the whole community and the social fabric.

The findings reported in this paper are part of a study that attempted to address the child abduction crime by analyzing the material evidence involved in such crimes.

In abduction crimes, the victim (plaintiff) is abducted from their legal custodian and imprisoned by the abductor (defendant) with the latter being consciously knowledgeable of the resultant psychological damage inflicted on the former.

The study also discussed the methods whereby such crimes are proved.

Additionally, the study tackled the abduction prescribed criminal penalty both minimum and maximum specified by the legislator.

The inflicted criminal penalty could range from minimum to maximum, and depending on certain circumstances specified by the legislator, the penalty could be of less severity between the two extremes.

Less severe penalty, for instance, could be inflicted under the condition that the plaintiff is safely returned to their custodian while the maximum penalty is inflicted when the defendant is found to have precedents or they committed the present abduction crime with violence.

In closing, the study proposed a range of recommendations which are intended to contribute to the field.