Non-stop media coverage can invade their privacy, raise and dash their hopes, and prolong their trauma.
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The most important thing to avoid is intrusive, probing questioning straight away. The media and the public should also refrain from speculative, premature comment.
In the face of stricter rules, the police and government need to clarify messaging around sanctions
It’s easy to imagine the sadness that comes with a loved one’s disappearance, but there’s anger too – and admin.
What happens to mothers, wives and daughters left behind after conflict?
Media stories about missing people are as intriguing as they are common. As a community, we form our own opinions of the person who is absent by the details that the media shares with the public. But often…
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Associate Professor, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Bangor University
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Policing, Liverpool John Moores University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer, Forensic and Investigative Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Director of Centre for the Study of Missing Persons, University of Portsmouth
