The impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on missing person reports

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant restrictions imposed by governments pose short- and long-term challenges for the police, especially within resource-intensive areas of policing such as missing persons. However, the novelty of the pandemic means little research focus has been directed at under...

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Authors: O’Brien, Freya (Author) ; Collie, Craig (Author) ; Shalev Greene, Karen (Author) ; Giles, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Policing and society
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 8, Pages: 997-1011
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