Missing persons : beyond serial killers and unexplained disappearances /
This book offers a rigorous and accessible examination of missing persons that moves beyond the dominant true crime focus on serial killers, cold cases, and unexplained disappearances. Drawing on years of fieldwork, more than 220 interviews and surveys with first responders, and analysis of over 20,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2026.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in victims and victimology,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Framing the Issue: Introduction to Missing Persons
- 2. Beyond the Headlines: Missing Persons in Context
- 3. Stories and Real Lives: Dissecting Media, True Crime, and Missing Persons
- 4. Shock, Mystery, Meaning: Our Obsession with Crime Media and True Crime and Its Consequences
- 5. The Work of Finding Part I: Police and SAR Volunteer Responses
- 6. The Work of Finding Part II: Families, Loved Ones, and Beyond
- 7. A Way Forward: From Realities and Responses to Prevention and Reduction.