Estimation of risk for missing individuals: development of the first empirical risk assessment and decision support tool for missing person investigations.

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Dixon, N. (2022)

In the UK, an average of 891 missing person incidents are reported to the police daily (UK Missing Persons Unit, 2021). Although most missing persons are located safely within 48 hours, there were 955 fatal outcomes and over 6,500 non-fatal harm outcomes in 2019/2020 (UK Missing Persons Unit, 2021). Missing person investigations are incredibly resource intensive, with an estimated cost of over £700 million per year (Shalev Greene & Pakes, 2014).

This open access document is available to view online. In SIPR annual report 2021/22: annual report and accounts 2021/22 for the academic year ending 31 August 2022(pp. 54-54). Scottish Institute for Policing Research.

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