Tzanelli, Rodanthi (1. oktober 2006). «Capitalizing on Value: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Kidnapping». Sociology. 5 (på engelsk). 40: 929–947. ISSN0038-0385. doi:10.1177/0038038506067516. Besøkt 2. mai 2020. «The term dates back to 17th-century Britain where infants (‘kids’) of rich families would be ‘napped’ (caught in the sleep) for ransom. Encyclopaedia Americana makes reference to the notorious kidnapping in 1874 of a four-year-old boy in Pennsylvania that matches this earlier pattern»
Diamond, J.L. (1985): «Kidnapping: A modern definition», Am. J. Crim. L., 13, 1. . Sitat: «The original concept of kidnapping was clear. As Perkins defines it, "[a]t common law kidnapping was ... the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman or child from his own country and sending him into another."5 Kidnapping was originally a misdemeanor punishable with a fine, short imprisonment and pillory. It developed out of the related misdemeanor of false imprisonment...»
Tzanelli, Rodanthi (1. oktober 2006). «Capitalizing on Value: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Kidnapping». Sociology. 5 (på engelsk). 40: 929–947. ISSN0038-0385. doi:10.1177/0038038506067516. Besøkt 2. mai 2020. «The term dates back to 17th-century Britain where infants (‘kids’) of rich families would be ‘napped’ (caught in the sleep) for ransom. Encyclopaedia Americana makes reference to the notorious kidnapping in 1874 of a four-year-old boy in Pennsylvania that matches this earlier pattern»
