جريمة الخطف في المجتمع المصري : دراسة في المحددات الاجتماعية و الديموجرافية للخاطفين و للمخطوفين للفترة 2003-2012

Abstract EN

This study aimed to reveal the extent of kidnapping crimes in the Egyptian society based on official statistics, and to shed light on the location of the kidnapping crimes, the methods of committing them, the reasons for their commission, and the demographic characteristics of the victims and perpetrators of those crimes.

The researcher used the quantitative approach that is demonstrated through statistical analysis of public security statistics over ten years (since 2003 until 2012).

The study included the analysis of 1184 kidnappings during the period from 2003 to 2012, among which were 1299 victims and 2,400 perpetrators, all of whom represented the human field of the study.

The study concluded that the highest rate of committing kidnapping crimes was specific to Cairo Governorate, where the percentage reached 18.6% of a total of 1184 incidents, followed by Giza Governorate 14.6%, and Gharbia Governorate 9.1%.

Then the dispute over money, followed in the order of personal differences, sexual abuse, and revenge.

Males were more likely to be kidnapped than females; (71.4% are males versus 28.6% females), and the vast majority of the victims of kidnappings are under the age of 18 years, reaching 596 children, or 45.9% of a total of 1299 incidents.