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Although research on missing persons has globally increased during the past few years, most of the studies conducted have focused on the description of socio-demographic and situational factors associated with this phenomenon. The aim of this study is to explore in-depth the relation between missing person's socio-demographic factors and missing pe...
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... Addressing the explanation of homicide outcomes, despite a lack of a consolidated international theoretical background and multivariate research which can explain homicide (Blackmore et al., 2005;García-Barceló et al., 2022), some descriptive approaches (Biehal et al., 2003;James et al., 2008) suggest that being in a separation process could be an important variable to consider when explaining motives and causes of homicide. The latter is partially supported by the findings of this research considering that the statistically significant variables being in a separation process and previously having been a victim of crime explained only 34% of the variance for homicide. ...
... Moreover, the diverse nature of the risk and protective factors for homicide and suicide outcomes identified in the current research supports the concept that going missing and suffering harm could be the result of a combination of missing person characteristics and circumstances which surround the case (risk and protective factors) where maladaptive coping responses manifest themselves (Huey & Ferguson, 2020;Tarling & Burrows, 2004). Despite this research having generated some contribution to the characterisation and explanation of homicide and suicide outcomes, there is still a considerable need for additional multivariate analysis in this area (Blackmore et al., 2005;García-Barceló et al., 2022) to yield a much better understanding of these kinds of fatal outcomes. ...
... In addition, there is a need to establish further research focused on the exploration of the relationship between psychosocial and criminological factors and state of health when located in different samples of missing persons from different socio-demographic sub-groups such as sex, nationality, and age, as well as the study of psychosocial and criminological factors and missing person typologies. All of that considering previous research (Alys et al., 2013;García-Barceló et al., 2022) which indicates that sociodemographic variables, especially the age, could be considered modulating variables. ...
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.
