Missing persons cases can consume a lot of police and other resources – more than is commonly realized. Moreover, in high-profile cases, police executives can feel a great deal of pressure to authorize those resources to maximize the chances of locating the person and to be seen as doing all that they can.
Missing Persons (part of the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police series) describes the problem of missing persons, reviews risk factors and poses a series of questions to help law enforcement agencies analyze their local missing persons problem. Finally, it reviews responses to the problem from evaluative research and police practice. This second edition has been revised with additional information about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.