RT Article
T1 Exploring the Risk of Resulting in Homicide and Suicide in Spanish Missing Person Cases
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 30
IS 4
SP 545
OP 565
A1 García-Barceló, Néstor
A2 Córcoles, Miguel Ángel Alcázar
A2 Menéndez, Javier Revuelta
A2 Woolnough, Penny
A2 Álvarez, José Luis González
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1914413970
AB The study explores in depth the relationship between missing persons’ psychosocial and criminological characteristics/circumstances and violent-fatal outcomes (suicide and homicide). A relational analytical explicative study of 929 cases and controls was designed using a retrospective and stratified design. Data gathering was conducted through the content analysis of judicial and police information, as well as the development of psychological autopsy techniques and semi-structured interviews with the persons involved in the missing person cases including offenders in prison. Bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques were utilised for analyses. The findings showed that there are different risk and protective factors which can distinguish between good state of health, suicide, and homicide outcomes. This research entails implications for prevention and police risk assessment system.
K1 Homicide
K1 Missing persons
K1 Prevention
K1 Risk Assessment
K1 risk factors
K1 Suicide
DO 10.1007/s10610-023-09536-y