Police Search and Rescue Response to Lost and Missing Persons

This brief discusses the significant contribution of police search and rescue to the successful location and resolution of missing persons cases.

Across seven chapters, this volume offers a detailed examination of the routine practices of police search and rescue personnel. To do so, it draws from a collection of data, including in-depth interviews with police and thousands of different types of missing persons records. Laced with the stories of missing persons, it presents a detailed over...