Sara Waring
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4127003 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sara Waring |
| NOMBRES | Sara |
| APELLIDO | Waring |
| FIRMA | WARING S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1625-5705 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Analysing the Profile of Missing Persons in Greece
Preventing and responding to missing incidents is a worldwide challenge, with millions of people reported missing each year. Understanding the characteristics of this population has important implications for informing effective responses. To date, most research primarily originates from UK police samples with limited contributions from European and international countries. This narrow evidence base limits our understanding of whether missing pat…
Embedding collaboration in disaster response
Effective disaster response depends on the ability of diverse organisations to collaborate seamlessly under pressure. Previous research has largely centred on the ‘blue-light’ emergency services (police, fire, and ambulance), with much less being known about how wider emergency and resilience partners experience and enact collaboration in practice. This paper addresses that gap by examining the perceived challenges and opportunities for multi-age…
Examining mechanisms that facilitate and hinder multi-agency working in missing children’s investigations
Despite recognition that multi-agency collaboration is vital in missing child investigations, coordination challenges persist. This study explores mechanisms that facilitate or hinder such collaboration from police perspectives, addressing theoretical and empirical gaps in existing research. Through thematic analysis of 23 interviews, eight mechanisms were identified: understanding useful intelligence, terminology, technology, policies, role boun…
Examining what factors affect firefighter decisions to declare a major incident
‘Disasters’ or ‘major incidents’ (MIs) are large emergencies that result in mass casualties and major disruptions. Evidence repeatedly highlights delays in decisions to formally declare MIs, impacting incident command, resourcing, and the scale of damage. To date, limited research focus has been directed toward understanding the causes of these issues. Accordingly, the following study draws on interviews conducted with 12 firefighters from the UK…
Mapping the evidence on What works for the police to effectively manage missing persons cases
Background: In most countries, the police are legally responsible for investigating reports of missing persons. However, there is a lack of comprehensive knowledge about what works for police officers, under what conditions and in what ways when they are called to intervene. This study aims to critically appraise and summarise what is currently known about the effects, mechanisms, moderators, implementation and costs of police approaches that hav…
What works in improving inter-agency responses to missing children investigations
Responsibility for responding to missing children belongs to multiple agencies, including police, children’s homes and social services, but evidence highlights issues with collaboration. The following scoping review seeks to identify what is currently known about mechanisms that enhance collaboration in responding to missing. Findings highlight the value of (i) information-sharing techniques; (ii) cross-agency technology; (iii) single points of c…
Identifying what components of full-scale emergency exercises improve disaster response learning
To date, little systematic focus has been directed toward examining whether participating in full-scale exercises can develop knowledge and skills in emergency responders that are important for responding to disasters, nor what mechanisms facilitate this learning. This poses important implications for demonstrating whether full-scale exercises represent a wise resource investment and for improving exercise design and delivery to enhance emergency…
Examining the effectiveness and economic benefits of home fire safety visits
Home safety visits form an important part of fire prevention strategies adopted by fire and rescue services. However, to date, limited research focus has been directed toward examining whether this prevention activity is effective in achieving the aim of reducing accidental dwelling fires (ADFs) or the social and economic value of this. Accordingly, focusing on one region of England (Merseyside), the following study adopts outcome evaluation and …
Hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use in healthcare professionals
Rapid Evidence Assessment of Mental Health Outcomes of Pandemics for Health Care Workers
Background: Little is known about the long-term mental health (MH) impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care workers (HCWs). However, synthesizing knowledge from past pandemics can help to anticipate this, along with identifying interventions required, when, and target populations most in need. This paper provides a balanced evaluation of what is currently known about short- and long-term MH impacts of pandemics on HCWs and effect of methodo…
What components of emergency preparedness exercises improve healthcare practitioners’ emergency response learning
Emergency planning exercises are commonly used to test the capability of healthcare systems to respond to major incidents. However, limited research has examined whether these exercises improve response learning for staff and, if so, what components are vital for achieving this learning. This study assesses the impact of an exercise methodology commonly used to promote emergency preparedness in UK healthcare staff, Emergo Train System (ETS), on h…
Relationships between demographic and behavioural factors and spatial behaviour in missing persons’ cases
To date, limited systematic focus has been directed to examining factors that influence the spatial behaviour of missing people. Accordingly, this study examined whether demographic and behavioural factors were related to distance between missing and found locations in 16,454 archival cases of missing reports from two UK police forces. Findings from ordinal regressions showed that children were more likely to be found at further distances if they…
Facilitators and barriers to developing firefighter resilience
Purpose Developing resilience is vital for firefighters and other practitioners exposed to trauma as part of their day-to-day work in maintaining physical and mental resilience. However, further understanding of what factors facilitate and hinder the development of firefighter resilience and why is needed. The current study evaluates efficacy of support mechanisms currently in place and develops an evidence base for interventions to support devel…
Between a rock and a hard place of geopolitically sensitive threats – critical incidents and decision inertia
While the SAFE-T model of decision making emphasizes naturalistic decision making, its potential for cross-comparative analysis of incidents with global implications remains underutilized, which the current paper aims to address. To this end, it draws upon open-source reports from unclassified American, British and Russian intelligence reports to explore the management of three types of 10 high-profile geopolitically sensitive threats from across…
The efficacy of rapport-based techniques for minimizing counter-interrogation tactics amongst a field sample of terrorists
The impact of accountability on motivational goals and the quality of advice provided in crisis negotiations
The impact of accountability on motivational goals and the quality of advice provided in crisis negotiations
The efficacy of rapport-based techniques for minimizing counter-interrogation tactics amongst a field sample of terrorists
Between a rock and a hard place of geopolitically sensitive threats – critical incidents and decision inertia
While the SAFE-T model of decision making emphasizes naturalistic decision making, its potential for cross-comparative analysis of incidents with global implications remains underutilized, which the current paper aims to address. To this end, it draws upon open-source reports from unclassified American, British and Russian intelligence reports to explore the management of three types of 10 high-profile geopolitically sensitive threats from across…
Facilitators and barriers to developing firefighter resilience
Purpose Developing resilience is vital for firefighters and other practitioners exposed to trauma as part of their day-to-day work in maintaining physical and mental resilience. However, further understanding of what factors facilitate and hinder the development of firefighter resilience and why is needed. The current study evaluates efficacy of support mechanisms currently in place and develops an evidence base for interventions to support devel…
Rapid Evidence Assessment of Mental Health Outcomes of Pandemics for Health Care Workers
Background: Little is known about the long-term mental health (MH) impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care workers (HCWs). However, synthesizing knowledge from past pandemics can help to anticipate this, along with identifying interventions required, when, and target populations most in need. This paper provides a balanced evaluation of what is currently known about short- and long-term MH impacts of pandemics on HCWs and effect of methodo…
What components of emergency preparedness exercises improve healthcare practitioners’ emergency response learning
Emergency planning exercises are commonly used to test the capability of healthcare systems to respond to major incidents. However, limited research has examined whether these exercises improve response learning for staff and, if so, what components are vital for achieving this learning. This study assesses the impact of an exercise methodology commonly used to promote emergency preparedness in UK healthcare staff, Emergo Train System (ETS), on h…
Relationships between demographic and behavioural factors and spatial behaviour in missing persons’ cases
To date, limited systematic focus has been directed to examining factors that influence the spatial behaviour of missing people. Accordingly, this study examined whether demographic and behavioural factors were related to distance between missing and found locations in 16,454 archival cases of missing reports from two UK police forces. Findings from ordinal regressions showed that children were more likely to be found at further distances if they…
Hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use in healthcare professionals
Identifying what components of full-scale emergency exercises improve disaster response learning
To date, little systematic focus has been directed toward examining whether participating in full-scale exercises can develop knowledge and skills in emergency responders that are important for responding to disasters, nor what mechanisms facilitate this learning. This poses important implications for demonstrating whether full-scale exercises represent a wise resource investment and for improving exercise design and delivery to enhance emergency…
Examining the effectiveness and economic benefits of home fire safety visits
Home safety visits form an important part of fire prevention strategies adopted by fire and rescue services. However, to date, limited research focus has been directed toward examining whether this prevention activity is effective in achieving the aim of reducing accidental dwelling fires (ADFs) or the social and economic value of this. Accordingly, focusing on one region of England (Merseyside), the following study adopts outcome evaluation and …
Examining what factors affect firefighter decisions to declare a major incident
‘Disasters’ or ‘major incidents’ (MIs) are large emergencies that result in mass casualties and major disruptions. Evidence repeatedly highlights delays in decisions to formally declare MIs, impacting incident command, resourcing, and the scale of damage. To date, limited research focus has been directed toward understanding the causes of these issues. Accordingly, the following study draws on interviews conducted with 12 firefighters from the UK…
Mapping the evidence on What works for the police to effectively manage missing persons cases
Background: In most countries, the police are legally responsible for investigating reports of missing persons. However, there is a lack of comprehensive knowledge about what works for police officers, under what conditions and in what ways when they are called to intervene. This study aims to critically appraise and summarise what is currently known about the effects, mechanisms, moderators, implementation and costs of police approaches that hav…
What works in improving inter-agency responses to missing children investigations
Responsibility for responding to missing children belongs to multiple agencies, including police, children’s homes and social services, but evidence highlights issues with collaboration. The following scoping review seeks to identify what is currently known about mechanisms that enhance collaboration in responding to missing. Findings highlight the value of (i) information-sharing techniques; (ii) cross-agency technology; (iii) single points of c…
Analysing the Profile of Missing Persons in Greece
Preventing and responding to missing incidents is a worldwide challenge, with millions of people reported missing each year. Understanding the characteristics of this population has important implications for informing effective responses. To date, most research primarily originates from UK police samples with limited contributions from European and international countries. This narrow evidence base limits our understanding of whether missing pat…
Embedding collaboration in disaster response
Effective disaster response depends on the ability of diverse organisations to collaborate seamlessly under pressure. Previous research has largely centred on the ‘blue-light’ emergency services (police, fire, and ambulance), with much less being known about how wider emergency and resilience partners experience and enact collaboration in practice. This paper addresses that gap by examining the perceived challenges and opportunities for multi-age…
Examining mechanisms that facilitate and hinder multi-agency working in missing children’s investigations
Despite recognition that multi-agency collaboration is vital in missing child investigations, coordination challenges persist. This study explores mechanisms that facilitate or hinder such collaboration from police perspectives, addressing theoretical and empirical gaps in existing research. Through thematic analysis of 23 interviews, eight mechanisms were identified: understanding useful intelligence, terminology, technology, policies, role boun…
Political science (8 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (4 obras) · Disaster Response and Management (4 obras) · Engineering (4 obras) · Qualitative research (4 obras) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 obras)