Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

The Centre for the Study of Missing Persons: Research and knowledge transfer

Our members of staff have an established track record in providing research and knowledge transfer services to a range of organisations, including:

  • Missing People
  • West Mercia Police
  • Thames Valley Police
  • Hampshire Police
  • UK Missing Persons Bureau
  • Missing Abroad
  • CEOP
  • SCAS
  • NHS

They have a wide range of expertise, which includes some of the following:

  • Geography of missing persons
  • Cost of missing persons investigation
  • Risk assessment
  • Forensic Sciences
  • Children at risk and in trouble (home, school, community)
  • Inter-agency work with children and young people at risk or in trouble
  • Exclusion and disaffection from school
  • Looked After children, child abuse and the child protection system
  • Youth Justice
  • Violence in childhood