"Giving the Highest Chance of a Good Outcome": Exploring the Missing Persons Act in British Columbia and Ontario from the Policing Perspective

British Columbia and Ontario are two of the Canadian provinces and territories that have enacted a Missing Persons Act, legislation aimed at improving the police investigation of missing person cases. Understanding the Acts in these regions from the policing perspective presents an opportunity to as...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Lorna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 69-87
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Keywords:
Loi sur les personnes disparues
Missing Persons Act
enquêtes policières
Legislation
Législation
maintien de l’ordre
missing persons
personnes disparues
Police investigations
Policing
policy studies
études sur les politiques