| Description |
1 online resource (x, 233 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Land of the missing : it's a big ugly world out there for families of the lost -- Two brothers : a federal marshal confronts the unthinkable -- The police : a report card on police and missing persons cases -- Yesterday and today : DNA, dental records and other forensic tools -- Running away from it all : missing by design -- Parental abduction : stories of the parents left behind -- The mentally ill and substance abuse : the forgotten missing -- Far and away : disappearances abroad -- A story of rumors, gossip and innuendo : a family's tragedy feeds for the gossip mill -- Foul play suspected : what happens when all hope is gone -- The searchers : NCMEC, Project Jason, search and rescue, private eyes and others -- Happy endings : these loved ones came home. |
| Summary |
What happens when a non-custodial parent kidnaps her son? Or a college student vanishes after a night out with friends? Or a middle-aged man seemingly drowns in calm waters? What do family members, friends, and law enforcement do when a beloved goes missing? Here, Moore explores an array of missing persons' scenarios, using real life stories, to uncover the various ways that people go missing, the efforts made to retrieve them, the emotional fallout for family and friends, and the difficulties and challenges such cases present for all involved. She covers parental abductions, intentional disap. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Missing persons -- United States -- Case studies.
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Missing persons. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Missing children -- United States -- Case studies.
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Missing children. |
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Missing persons -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.
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Missing persons -- Investigation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Moore, Carole, 1951- Last place you'd look. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Lanham, 2011 9781442203686 (DLC) 2010043445 (OCoLC)670479270 |
| ISBN |
9781442203709 (electronic book) |
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1442203706 (electronic book) |
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1283009412 |
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9781283009416 |
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9781442203686 |
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1442203684 |
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