Ferguson, L., & Picknell, W. (2022). 

Going missing multiple times, which can render missing person cases as ‘repeat’ or ‘chronic,’ has been widely regarded as an issue that generates police resource strains. Within existing missing persons literature, the ambiguities surrounding what constitutes a missing individual as ‘repeat’ or ‘chronic’ have been discussed. The main issues being that there is no proper definition for, nor is there any research on, how many times an individual is reported missing before they are assigned these classifications.

The abstract is available to view online. Policing and Society, 32(5), 680-694.

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