Siddiqui, A. Wayland, S.  (2022)

Media as a public health messaging tool can shape community perception. In missing persons’ investigations Police utilise media to assist in location and recovery of absent people. This study, of Australian media in 2019, revealed that the statistical evidence of who goes missing, and returns, revealed that is not replicated in news articles. 

This open access document is available to view online. In The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 2022, Vol. 95(2) 296–313

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