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Adult missing persons:can an investigative framework be generated using behavioral themes?
Authors
Ahola
Alison
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Almond
Association of Chief Police Officers
Biehal
Bryant
Canter
Canter
Canter
Canter
Carver
Chakos
Coltharp
Cumming
Fallot
Farrington
Fournier
Fyfe
Gibb
Guttman
Harris
Haw
Henderson
Hlady
Hoggett
Home Office
Hope
Lerner
Lingoes
Martias
McShane
National Policing Improvement Agency
Newiss
Newiss
Newiss
Payne
Powell
Rogers
Salfati
Serious Organised Crime Agency
Shalev-Greene
Sherman
Stevenson
Tarling
Tse
Volker
Willey
Publication date
17 April 2016
Publisher
Doi
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Abstract
There is a limited amount of research in the area of missing persons, especially adults. The aim of this research is to expand on the understanding of missing people, by examining adults' behaviours while missing and determining if distinct behavioural themes exist. Based on previous literature it was hypothesised that three behavioural themes will be present; dysfunctional, escape, and unintentional. Thirty-six behaviours were coded from 362 missing person police reports and analysed using smallest space analysis (SSA). This produced a spatial representation of the behaviours, showing three distinct behavioural themes. Seventy percent of the adult missing person reports were classified under one dominant theme, 41% were ‘unintentional’, 18% were ‘dysfunctional’, and 11% were ‘escape’. The relationship between a missing person's dominant behavioural theme and their assigned risk level and demographic characteristics were also analysed. A significant association was found between the age, occupational status, whether they had any mental health issues, and the risk level assigned to the missing person; and their dominant behavioural theme. The findings are the first step in the development of a standardised checklist for a missing person investigation. This has implications on how practitioners prioritise missing adults, and interventions to prevent individuals from going missing. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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