The search for missing persons in the Eastern European Countries: a legal procedure and organizational framework

• Authors: Solodov Denis , Sołtyszewski Ireneusz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Objectives: The article addresses the issue of human disappearances in four Eastern European countries – Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania. Although there are significant discrepancies between the four concerning economic welfare and individuals’ mobility, their search procedures are quite similar. Material and methods: There have been several studies regarding human disappearances and police search investigations in those countries. However, there have been no comparative reviews of this kind so far. Results: The authors also highlighted the areas that require improvement, pointing to some common deficiencies such as a selective approach to human disappearances, the lack of specialized search units within the national police forces, and the somewhat limited use of the modern internet-based media. The issues relating to the identification of unknown human, which is a crucial part of the police search investigations, were addressed as well Conclusions: The authors also highlighted the areas that require improvement, pointing to some common deficiencies such as a selective approach to human disappearances, the lack of specialized search units within the national police forces, and the somewhat limited use of the modern internet-based media. The issues relating to the identification of unknown human, which is a crucial part of the police search investigations, were addressed as well

Keywords

EN

police law; missing person investigation; criminal disappearances; forensic human identifica-tion; organizational framework

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
• Journal: Journal of Modern Science
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 2/45/2020
• Pages: 201-220

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Solodov Denis

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• Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, Poland

author

Sołtyszewski Ireneusz

• Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.13166/JoMS.ISSN.1734-2031