Understanding and Combating International Child Abduction

International parental child abduction can have a significant impact on families, communities, and most importantly, the children involved. Resolving and preventing international parental child abduction is a serious responsibility. Child abduction is child abuse, and it has devastating emotional, psychological, and even physical consequences for both the abducted children and the families left behind. This book examines the implementation of the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014, also known as the Goldman Act, with a particular focus on the U.S. Secretary of State's need to make progress in response to noncompliance by foreign governments in cases of international parental child abduction.