Knowledge Management for Investigation of Missing Persons in Thailand

1. Royal Police Cadet Academy Thailand Knowledge Management for Investigation of Missing Persons in Thailand Researcher : Assoc.Prof. Patchara Sinloyma Email: sinloyma@gmail.com

2. Background and Significance Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Circumstancesrelatingtokidnappingandmissing personsinThailandtend tohigher increase Deterioration of the ground Social & political issues Living problems Migration Natural disasters

3. Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Growing demand Movement has brought people both legally and illegally Beggar The cause of kidnapping related to missing persons case that is brought to exploitation by taking people to work in various forms Labor Commercial sex workers

4. Statistical missing person during the years 2006-2007 classified by type of disappearance. Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand

5. Grand total 40 2,095 Persons 35 30 Male 783 Persons Female 1,312 Persons 25 20 Get back 15 1,476 Persons 10 5 0 Jan Feb Apr Mar Jun Aug Sep Oct May Jul Nov Dec Missing Person in 2010 Female Male

6. The agencies under the Royal Police could not link the clue information about the problems of children and young people who disappeared from the home of each unit. Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand The operation could not forward information and the operation is in a manner of different units Major problems Police procedures regarding missing person the regulations which has enforced to perform for a long time, not conducive to actual work The inquiry officials in many areas are not interested in missing person cases

7. 3 To propose the ways to improve the regulations, or laws, which hinder the performance of the police in missing person investigation. 1 To study the procedures and methods of investigation, management policy including obstacles in the performance of police in missing person investigations in Thailand. 2 Research Objectives. Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand

8. 3 3 To process a case study on missing person investigation in Thailand into a lesson. To create a knowledge management handbook for missing person investigation in Thailand. 4 Research Objectives. Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand

9. Phase I Methodology Research is divided into 3 phases Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand • Arranging a brainstorming meeting with legal experts, police investigators from different police stations and officers from the Mirror Foundation who have expertise in kidnapping and missing persons investigation. • Improving regulation and law of missing persons

10. Phase II Methodology Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Arranging the exchange of learning activities by Storytelling 4 times by knowledge interception, which is in the operation personnel regarding procedures, techniques, methodology in the investigation, management policy.

11. To brainstorm ideas and provide suggestions about the research and draft manual revision of missing persons to be accurate and appropriate application as a guideline in the performance of the police and relevant agencies. Phase III Methodology Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand

12. The results Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand The pattern of missing persons have 7 types Internet chatting Murder Voluntarly Mental illness Tempt Accident / disaster or disappeare Kidnapped

13. children between 8-11 years • female adolescents aged between 12-17 years The most lost group Age • female adolescents Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Gender • Addict game and internet • Chatting online • Family problem Behavior • Bangkok and suburb Area

14. Public conscious mind Fast at work Sacrifice Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Cleverness in finding news & evidences Key of Success in  missing persons  investigation. Knowledge in law Good coordination Publicity through the medias Applied knowledge of  technology and forensic science  in the investigation.

15. Factors of Success Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Operator who has skill, sense, knowledge in law. Knowledge Conscious mind Operator who has public conscious mind. Policy of agencies Executive agencies lay down the policy that focuses on tracking investigation of missing person . The police has determination to follow, investigate the missing person. Intention

16. Factors of Success Forensic Science Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Taking Forensic Science areas to use in criminal investigations. Co-ordination Good co-ordination of work between the police and private agencies. Planning Planning, Behavior analysis of missing person. Recording Preparation of detailed notebook of the missing person from past to present.

17. Problems of investigation, find missing person Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Lack of host management Lack of host to be a central or manage the tracking investigation of missing person cases. Some parents come too late to inform the missing person. The delay notification Inquiry official has quite a lot of work. Personnel problem Children who lost are some of the homeless children and create problems for society. Then, they tried to escape police. Problem from missing person

18. Suggestions in this research Royal Police Cadet AcademyThailand Ought to publish information to educate people about the cause of missing persons, criminal behavior in enticement in order to prevent people in the area from being the victims Ought to establish the center of missing persons tracking investigation by the Royal Thai Police Department to be the host or central unit Ought to prepared the database for missing, lost people to be update and have linked with the relevant agencies

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