Background: Personal safety is a widespread public health issue that affects people of all
demographics. There is a growing interest in the use of mobile apps for enhancing personal …

Responsibility for responding to missing children belongs to multiple agencies, including
police, children's homes and social services, but evidence highlights issues with …

Typically, fewer than 0.5% of missing incidents result in an individual being found deceased.
Whereas previous research has examined the features of missing–homicide, missing …

Some police forces are investing resources into dedicated missing person teams (MPTs) to
improve risk assessment and responsibility sharing across partner agencies. This study …

Missing persons cases present a complex challenge for law enforcement globally and
require a nuanced understanding of their typologies. This study provides a comprehensive …

Using national online surveys of US adults who know a missing person, the current study
explores factors influencing missing person case outcomes (ie the person being found alive …

The purpose of this study was to examine the risk of victimization among missing persons
and the ways in which gender and age shape this relationship. From a sample of 1,847 …

UK police receive a call about a missing person every 90 seconds and limited existing
research suggests families left behind to cope with the ambiguous loss of a missing loved …

El estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación entre la investigación policial y la
administración de justicia en feminicidios en el Distrito Judicial de Puno, 2023. Igualmente …

La desaparición de personas es un fenómeno universal que puede afectar a toda la
población y que produce un grave efecto en víctimas y seres queridos. Pese a existir …