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Using data from published self-reports and the results from the Missing Persons Project (MPP), this chapter analyzes the ways in which different individual, family/friendship, community, media, law enforcement, organizational, legal, and technological factors may influence the social construction and prevalence of missing persons. It analyzes how these conditions may affect the structure, process, and outcomes of missing person investigations. In addition, the impact of missing persons on their families and friends and the effects of missing persons on the larger community are assessed.
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Morewitz, S.J. (2016). Missing Persons: Forensic Sociology Factors. In: Morewitz, S., Sturdy Colls, C. (eds) Handbook of Missing Persons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40199-7_8
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