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Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020 Based on its forensic capacity and experience gained worldwide from the management of the dead in emergencies, including epidemics, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been asked by the authorities and other relevant stakeholders in some of ...
Oran Finegan +6 more
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Improving witness interviewing for the investigation of disappeared persons due to armed conflict
Forensic Sciences Research, 2021 Investigating missing persons who are presumed dead in conflict contexts almost always involves witness interviews. Interviews can be critical both to locating burial sites and to positively identifying bodies that are located.
Derek Congram +2 more
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Mobile alert app to engage community volunteers to help locate missing persons with dementia
PLoS ONE, 2021 The prevalence of persons living with dementia and at risk of going missing is rising. In this study, we engaged persons living with dementia, care partners, police services, search and rescue organizations, and health and social service providers to ...
N. Neubauer +3 more
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Annals of Human Biology, 2018 Background: Rapidly mutating (RM) Y-STRs recently emerged as a useful genotyping tool that can counteract problems normally associated with traditional Y-STRs.
Ayse Serin +4 more
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ESPOZ - AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM SUPPORTING THE POLISH POLICE IN THE SEARCH FOR MISSING PERSONS
Revija za kriminologiju i krivično pravo, 2020 The Police Academy in Szczytno has been carrying out a research project entitled "Development of a database and tools for semantic search for information and knowledge management in the area of missing persons and search for persons”, financed ...
Anna Świerczewska-Gąsiorowska +2 more
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Alternative workflows for identifying transnational missing persons
Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2023 Mass migration and migrant death at the U.S. southern border highlight the disconnectedness of the systems for transnational decedent identifications.
Molly A. Kaplan +8 more
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Forensic Science InternationalThe disappearances of individuals are complex phenomena, spanning different regions and temporal periods. Evolving from different legal, social, and forensic disciplines, existing research has signaled the reasons for and contexts in which people ...
J. R. Reyes +3 more
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Training police search and rescue teams: Implications for missing persons work
Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2021 Police search and rescue teams are crucial players in resolving missing person cases. Resultantly, police employ a host of training for search and rescue members in collaboration with institutions, organizations, and groups.
Lorna Ferguson, J. Gaub
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Investigating missing persons: learning from interviews with located missing adults
, 2014 This article outlines important insights into how missing people navigate space, attempt to avoid detection, and select particular places and landscapes as their ‘destinations’ while on missing journeys based on the findings of in-depth qualitative ...
Parr, Hester +3 more
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Police Practice & ResearchMissing persons cases present a complex challenge for law enforcement globally and require a nuanced understanding of their typologies. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of cases from the United Kingdom, from within a single police service ...
Eric Halford
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