Abstract Despite responsibility for missing children belonging to multiple agencies, police perceive this to be falling heavily on their shoulders, placing substantial demand on finite resources. Drawing on thematic analysis of 24 interviews conducted with police, local authority, social service, and care home staff from across three UK boroughs, the following study seeks to identify what factors facilitate and hinder inter-agency working in the prevention and response to missing children and why. Findings highlight that inter-agency working is facilitated by having ‘direct points of contact’ across agencies to facilitate information sharing. Inter-agency working is hindered by ‘inconsistent definitions of missing’, limited ‘...
Responding to reports of missing persons represents one of the biggest demands on the resources of p...
Interagency collaboration is increasingly recognized as an effective approach in prevention of crime...
Research suggests that interprofessional working is key to child protection but it is also challengi...
Some police forces are investing resources into dedicated missing person teams (MPTs) to improve ris...
Responding to reports of missing persons represents one of the biggest demands on the resources of p...
We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation on 'Working together for people who go mi...
Missing persons investigations are arguably the most common and costly non-crime problem the police ...
Background: In response to child victims of sex crimes, Canadian police agencies are required to wor...
Investigating reports of missing children is a major source of demand for the police in the UK. Repe...
The purpose of our study is to see how the interaction between the social services and police work w...
Every year the police receive around a quarter of a million reports of missing people in England and...
Background Collaborative working between health and social care professionals in child protection w...
Abstract This article examines the relationship of police and child protective services (CPS) coinvo...
Investigating reports of missing children is a major source of demand for the police in the UK. Repe...
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The aim of this article is to examine the attitudes of En...
Responding to reports of missing persons represents one of the biggest demands on the resources of p...
Interagency collaboration is increasingly recognized as an effective approach in prevention of crime...
Research suggests that interprofessional working is key to child protection but it is also challengi...
Some police forces are investing resources into dedicated missing person teams (MPTs) to improve ris...
Responding to reports of missing persons represents one of the biggest demands on the resources of p...
We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation on 'Working together for people who go mi...
Missing persons investigations are arguably the most common and costly non-crime problem the police ...
Background: In response to child victims of sex crimes, Canadian police agencies are required to wor...
Investigating reports of missing children is a major source of demand for the police in the UK. Repe...
The purpose of our study is to see how the interaction between the social services and police work w...
Every year the police receive around a quarter of a million reports of missing people in England and...
Background Collaborative working between health and social care professionals in child protection w...
Abstract This article examines the relationship of police and child protective services (CPS) coinvo...
Investigating reports of missing children is a major source of demand for the police in the UK. Repe...
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The aim of this article is to examine the attitudes of En...
Responding to reports of missing persons represents one of the biggest demands on the resources of p...
Interagency collaboration is increasingly recognized as an effective approach in prevention of crime...
Research suggests that interprofessional working is key to child protection but it is also challengi...