Conclusion The two victims that were examined during this paper were victims of kidnapping and child homicide. These two victims have a lot of similarities starting with how they are viewed by the media. Children as the victims are viewed as the most sympathetic victims in the Criminal Justice system. Another similarity is that the maximalist and minimalist perspective both have the same view on these victims. Maximalist believe that becoming a victim of this crime is inevitable if nothing is done to solve this problem. Minimalist believe that this situation gets blown out of proportion by the media and parents of the victims. But these two types of victims differ on the fact that one is taken and could be left alive when the other is a victim
