Offender motivation for child abduction determines both the nature and final outcome of the abduction. Research has identified victim characteristics, offender characteristics, and sexual motivations as factors influencing child abduction and child abduction homicide. We examine 565 child abductions identified through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to determine the characteristics of victim, perpetrator, and crime and their influence on whether the child is murdered. Central to this research was the finding that 88.6% of the abductions involved a sexual motivation for the crime, and sexual motivation was significantly more likely when the victim was female and when the victim was post-pubescent. Of 581 child victims for whom the outcome of the abduction was known, 281 (48.3%) were found alive and 300 (51.7%) were found dead or presumed dead. There was a significant interaction between motive for the crime and the final abduction outcome, with victims abducted for sexual purposes being at higher risk of being murdered.

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非家族性绑架儿童的致死率：565 起涉及 18 岁以下青少年的事件的特征和结果

诱拐儿童的犯罪动机决定了诱拐的性质和最终结果。研究已将受害者特征、犯罪者特征和性动机确定为影响绑架儿童和绑架儿童凶杀的因素。我们检查了通过联邦调查局 (FBI) 确定的 565 起儿童绑架事件，以确定受害者、肇事者和犯罪的特征及其对儿童是否被谋杀的影响。这项研究的核心是发现 88.6% 的绑架涉及犯罪的性动机，当受害者是女性和青春期后的受害者时，性动机的可能性要大得多。在已知绑架结果的 581 名儿童受害者中，281 人 (48.3%) 活着，300 人 (51. 7%) 被发现死亡或推定死亡。犯罪动机与最终绑架结果之间存在显着的相互作用，因性目的而被绑架的受害者被谋杀的风险更高。