Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of History, 2003. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 263-281).

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-168). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Missing children is one of the horrors that we are confronted with in today's society. The case study method, a feminist co-search methodology, is used to give a missing child's mother the opportunity to tell and re-tell the painful story. During this co-search process the following aspects of doing ethics and pastoral care and counselling with the mother are constantly negotiated. The term "missing child" is defined and the relevance between the distinction of "missing children" and "run-away children" is discussed. Furthermore, this study explores the many diverse practices of narrative pastoral care and counselling with parents of missing children within an economically disadvantaged community. The conceptualisations regarding loss, hope and meaning-making and how these are utilised in the life of a missing child's mother is discussed. / Practical Theology / M.Th.

Missing children is one of the horrors that we are confronted with in today's society. The case study method, a feminist co-search methodology, is used to give a missing child's mother the opportunity to tell and re-tell the painful story. During this co-search process the following aspects of doing ethics and pastoral care and counselling with the mother are constantly negotiated. The term "missing child" is defined and the relevance between the distinction of "missing children" and "run-away children" is discussed. Furthermore, this study explores the many diverse practices of narrative pastoral care and counselling with parents of missing children within an economically disadvantaged community. The conceptualisations regarding loss, hope and meaning-making and how these are utilised in the life of a missing child's mother is discussed. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th.

[pt] O desaparecimento de pessoas é um fenômeno complexo que suscita sentimentos ambíguos, tais como esperança/desesperança, tristeza, culpa, raiva e impotência. O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar o impacto do desaparecimento de um filho, sob circunstâncias desconhecidas, a partir da ótica das mães. Participaram da pesquisa 11 mães com filhos desaparecidos misteriosamente, no estado do Rio de Janeiro, entre os anos de 2002 e 2005. As crianças tinham entre 11 meses e 11 anos na ocasião do desaparecimento. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas e, a partir da técnica de análise de conteúdo, os dados foram agrupados em 4 categorias, assim nomeadas: 1)impacto do desaparecimento; 2) relacionamento com marido/companheiro/namorado/pai da criança; 3) relacionamento com outros filhos; 4) enfrentando o desaparecimento: facilitadores e complicadores. Constatou-se que, diante do desaparecimento súbito e misterioso de seus filhos, todas as participantes apresentaram inicialmente reações de negação, choque, entorpecimento, desespero e medo. Após o choque inicial, foram citadas reações de ansiedade e sentimentos de culpa, impotência, descrença, tristeza e raiva, em contraposição a sentimentos de esperança, fé, determinação e certeza do reencontro com o filho desaparecido. As entrevistadas também se sentiram desamparadas por seus maridos/companheiros atuais, pois esperavam que estes expressassem seu luto da mesma forma que elas, considerando-os inadequados e negligentes por não o fazerem. Na relação com os outros filhos, nota-se que, se por um lado algumas mães tornaram-se superprotetoras, há casos nos quais estas passaram a negligenciá-los. Conclui-se, por fim, que, para estas mães, fatores como a falta de certezas sobre como e onde está o filho, a inexistência de rituais, o prolongamento indefinido da situação e o julgamento de outras pessoas (especialmente de outras mães) podem contribuir negativamente para o processo de elaboração da perda. Por outro lado, a formação de grupos com mães de crianças desaparecidas e a possibilidade de compartilhar sentimentos apresenta-se como um importante recurso para a reestruturação e reorganização destas mulheres. / [en] The disappearance of people is a complex phenomenon that raises ambiguous feelings such as hope/despair, sadness, guilt, anger and helplessness. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the disappearance of a child, under unknown circumstances, from the mothers` perspectives. Eleven mothers with children disappeared mysteriously participated in the survey, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 2002 and 2005. The children were between 11 months and 11 years old at the time of the disappearance. Semi-structured interviews were performed and, from the technical analysis of content, the data were grouped into 4 categories, named: 1) impact of the disappearance, 2) relationship with husband / partner / boyfriend / father of the child, 3) relationships with other children, 4) facing the disappearance: facilitators and complications. It was found that, before the sudden and mysterious disappearance of their children, all participants initially had reactions of denial, shock, numbness, despair and fear. After the initial shock, reactions of anxiety and feelings of guilt, helplessness, disbelief, sadness and anger were said, as opposed to feelings of hope, faith, determination and certainty of meeting again the disappeared child. The interviewees also felt helplessness by their husbands / partners, because they hoped to express their mourning in the same way as them, considering them unsuitable and negligent for not acting equally. Regarding to the other children, note that, if on the one hand, some mothers have become overprotective, there are cases where they neglected them. It is concluded, finally, that for these mothers, factors such as the lack of certainty about how and where the child is, the lack of rituals, the indefinite extension of the situation and the judgment of other people (especially by other mothers) can contribute negatively to the process of coping. Furthermore, the formation of groups with mothers of missing children and the possibility of sharing feelings presents itself an important resource for the restructuring and reorganization of these women.

It is the purpose of this research project to develop a profile of predictive variables that would be helpful in distinguishing a missing juvenile report of a runaway from that of a missing youth who may have met with "foul play" and who does not fit the pattern of the runaway youth. The usefulness of such a tested set of predictive variables would be in designing a report form to be used by the peace officer who takes the initial report enabling him to immediately identify the situation as one of a runaway indicating one type of follow-up as opposed to a situation involving the possibility of "foul play" which would indicate a totally different investigative procedure and priority of action.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:18:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo Moreira Neumann.pdf: 820859 bytes, checksum: 0d1fd2f4ed0b597fec520874d5a244f7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The disappearance of people, especially children and adolescents awakens a lot of commotion in the society, however scientific studies on the subject are still rare. These few studies do not provide a deep reflection of the conceptual point of view. There is the 'disappearance' is reduced by the relation of cause and effect. The objective of this study was to expand the concept by the visions of sociology, law, psychology and literature, then treat it in its etymological sense. It was found that the origin of the word existing social elements that constitute it, the loss can only occur in human social relationships - in which it is perceived, seen and felt. After delineating the conceptual effort to relate the disappearance of their multiple determinations, highlighting the social causes, natural and psychological. In the social determinations were discussed the historical, cultural, religious, social issues, violence and the influence of totalitarian regimes in the disappearance of people. In natural determinations were shown how people disappear because of natural forces and human action. Discussed the formation of the individual and subjectivity and how these may influence psychological determinations in cases escape of the home or institution. The proposed investigation of the disappearance of children and adolescents from these multiple measurements, with the predominance of social determinations. The following is characterized by participation of those involved in these disappearances, based in some cases assisted by the ´Projeto Caminho de Volta´ - FMUSP. The data obtained from medical records were analyzed and categorized, which resulted in ' table expected behaviors' those involved in the situation of disappearance. These tables show the actions taken by each of the subjects involved soon after the disappearance of children and adolescents. They reveal the kind of relationship - the difficulties and pains of those seeking the missing, as well as the likely reasons for this. In the last chapter were discussed current challenges and perspectives of the topic, related to Brazilian public policy, moving tentatively in consolidating the legal framework for the disappearance in the country. Concluded that when considering the disappearance as a predominantly social situation, removes the load placed by society in missing or their families and forth this universalizing the issue, showing that the problem should be tackled by all / O desaparecimento de pessoas, especialmente de crianças e adolescentes desperta muita comoção na sociedade, entretanto os estudos científicos sobre o tema ainda são raros. Estas poucas publicações existentes não oferecem uma reflexão profunda do ponto de vista conceitual. Nelas o desaparecimento é reduzido pela relação de causa e efeito. O objetivo deste trabalho foi ampliar o conceito pelas visões da sociologia, do direito, da psicologia e da literatura, para posteriormente tratá-lo no seu sentido etimológico. Foi verificado que na origem da palavra já existem os elementos sociais que o constitui, pois, o desaparecimento só pode ocorrer nas relações sociais humanas na qual ele é percebido, observado e sentido. Após a delimitação conceitual procurou-se relacionar o desaparecimento com suas múltiplas determinações, destacando as determinações sociais, naturais e psicológicas. Nas determinações sociais foram debatidos os aspectos históricos, cultural-religiosos, a questão social, as violências e a influência dos regimes totalitários no desaparecimento de pessoas. Nas determinações naturais foram mostradas como as pessoas desaparecem em virtude das forças da natureza e da ação do homem. Discutiu a formação do individuo e de sua subjetividade e, como essas determinações psicológicas podem influenciar nos casos de fugas do lar ou de instituições. A proposta de investigação do desaparecimento de crianças e adolescentes partiu destas múltiplas determinações, com a predominância das determinações sociais. A seguir foi caracterizada a participação dos envolvidos nestes desaparecimentos, fundamentado em alguns casos atendidos pelo Projeto Caminho de Volta - FMUSP. Os dados obtidos nos prontuários foram analisados e categorizados, que resultou em quadros de comportamentos previstos dos envolvidos na situação de desaparecimento. Estes quadros mostram as atitudes tomadas por cada um dos sujeitos envolvidos logo após o desaparecimento de crianças e adolescentes. Eles revelam o tipo de relação - as dificuldades e as dores das pessoas que procuram o desaparecido, como também os prováveis motivadores desta situação. No último capítulo foram debatidos os desafios e perspectivas atuais do tema, relacionados com a política pública brasileira, que se move timidamente na consolidação do marco legal para o desaparecimento no país. Concluí-se que ao considerar o desaparecimento como uma situação predominantemente social, retira-se a carga depositada pela sociedade nos desaparecidos ou nos seus familiares e diante disto universaliza-se a questão, mostrando que o problema deve ser enfrentado por todos

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of English Language and Literature, August 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.