Return home interviews with children who have been missing: an exploratory analysis
Article - Police Practice & Research. 23 June 2022.
Missing People
Missing persons : a handbook of research
EBook. London: Routledge, 2017.
Missing persons: the processes and challenges of police investigation
Article - Policing & Society. Vol. 25 no. 4, 2015, p.409-425.
Missing children: who cares? The police response to missing and absent children.
Report - HMIC, 2016.
Adult missing persons: a concept analysis
Article - Psychology, Crime & Law. Vol. 25 no. 4, 2019, p.396-419.
Exploring public engagement with missing person appeals on Twitter
Article - Solymosi, R. Policing and Society, 18 June 2020.
Suicide and associated vulnerability indicators in adult missing persons: implications for the police risk assessment
Article - Yong, H., & Tzani-Pepelasis, C. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Vol 35, 2020, p.459–471.
Missing children: on the extent, patterns, and correlates of repeat disappearances by young people
Article - Babuta, A. & Sidebottom, A. Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice. Vol. 14 no. 3, 2020, p.698-711.
Effectiveness of descriptions in missing children appeals: exploration of length, type of content and confidence on recall accuracy
Article - Hunt, D. et al. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Vol 35 no. 3, 2020. p.336-347.
Missing children: risks, repeats and responses
Article - Sidebottom, A. et al. Policing and Society, Vol. 30 no. 10, 2020, p.1157-1170.
Adult missing persons: can an investigative framework be generated using behavioural themes?
Article - Bonny, E. Journal of Investigative Psychology & Offender Profiling. Vol. 13 no.,3, 2016, p.296-312.
Holding on to hope: a review of the literature exploring missing persons, hope and ambiguous loss.
Article - Wayland, S. et al. Death Studies. Vol. 40 no. 1, 2016, p.54-60.
Dementia, walking outdoors and getting lost: incidence, risk factors and consequences from dementia-related police missing-person reports.
Article - Bantry White, E. and Montgomery, P. Aging & Mental Health. Vol. 19 no. 3, 2015, p.224-230.
The cost of missing person investigations: implications for current debates
Article - Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice. Vol. 8 no. 1, 2014, p.27-34.
Reviews of long term missing persons and unidentified found bodies
Article - Journal of Homicide and Major Incident Investigation. Vol. 8 no. 1, May 2012, p.2-19.
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