Police receive 50,000 missing reports in Australia each year. But not everyone goes missing by accident – for some people it’s a choice or a way to cope.
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When human remains are found underwater, forensics needs a different approach. To understand what happens at sea, we need to study it.
Non-stop media coverage can invade their privacy, raise and dash their hopes, and prolong their trauma.
The most important thing to avoid is intrusive, probing questioning straight away. The media and the public should also refrain from speculative, premature comment.
In the face of stricter rules, the police and government need to clarify messaging around sanctions
It’s easy to imagine the sadness that comes with a loved one’s disappearance, but there’s anger too – and admin.
What happens to mothers, wives and daughters left behind after conflict?
Media stories about missing people are as intriguing as they are common. As a community, we form our own opinions of the person who is absent by the details that the media shares with the public. But often…
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Director of Centre for the Study of Missing Persons, University of Portsmouth
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Principal Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Policing, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Forensic and Investigative Psychology, University of Liverpool