A conference in Brussels, Belgium, provided new and upcoming research on missing children and adults. The Second International Academic Conference on Missing Adults and Children took place in July 2015.
The topics included: The challenges of international cross border investigations; why some missing children receive extensive media attention while others are forgotten; gang involvement with missing young people; runaway children from alternative care in Finland; and the intricacies of mediation during parental abductions.
The conference also included a session on the “Psychological Consequences of Missing a Loved One: Theory, Coping and Treatment,” which discussed the health and psychological impact a missing person has on a person left behind.
The conference was hosted by the University of Portsmouth, Missing Children Europe and University of Brussels.