Publications

Every missing person investigation will be different depending on the individual circumstances of a disappearance. The SOS Guide: Missing Persons (2017) (5 MB) has been developed to provide general guidance on how to navigate legal and practical matters during the disappearance of a family member or friend.

• Myths and facts about missing persons: English (PDF 1.1 MB)
• The PLEASE Policy Principles (PDF 600 KB)

Older people and dementia

• Missing persons and dementia (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Missing persons and dementia: Wandering (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Missing persons and dementia: Safer walking (PDF 1.2 MB)

Missing persons and mental health

• Mental health and missing persons (PDF 600 KB)

Homelessness

• Missing persons and homelessness factsheet (PDF 1.58 MB)

Young people

• Are you a young person at risk of going missing? (PDF 600 KB)

• Are you the parent of a sibling of a missing person? (PDF 1 MB)
• Are you a sibling of a missing person? (PDF 1 MB)
• Are you the extended family member or a friend of a missing person? (PDF 620 KB)

• Parental abduction and missing children (PDF 1.1 MB)

• Navigating the coronial process (PDF 1 MB)

• Are you working with a young person at-risk of going missing? (PDF 1 MB)

• How can the media help you?: English (PDF 1.5 MB)

To request the Myths and Facts factsheet in any of the languages outlined below or the translation of other resources available in English on this page please contact us.

• Chinese
• Dinka
• Greek
• Italian
• Russian
• Spanish
• Vietnamese