RESEARCH BLOG.

My work as a forensic anthropologist in Ireland brings me into contact with the remains of those generally described as 'the missing.'...

What comes to mind when I say the phrase specialized police unit? Police dogs? Homicide detectives? The gang unit? Perhaps foot patrol or...

Writers: Noelannah Neubauer (Postdoctoral fellow, University of Waterloo) and Busola Adekoya (PhD student, University of Waterloo) The...

Social media has become very prominent as a tool in the search for missing persons. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter,...

Previous research has predominantly examined the risk factors for ‘going missing’ by uncovering various demographic and...

When my youngest son, Daniel (28), went missing on November 3, 2011, I knew no one with a missing loved one, nor did I know anything...

Writers: Dr. Kara Moore and Blake Nesmith Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash One way societies recover missing people is by...

According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, more than 500,000 Canadians are currently living with dementia, and this number is...

This blog explores a project that John Ng is involved in regarding the current and potential role of crime analysts in missing persons work.

Missing persons research has relevance in victimological scholarship, and that with such research, we could begin to advance...