Bulletin Reports

What About Me? Finding Your Path Forward When Your Brother or Sister is Missing (Second Edition)

This publication of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is meant as a resource for siblings of missing children and their parents or caretakers. It was written to help young people think about and handle different situations and circumstances that may arise when a sibling is missing. Contributors are themselves siblings of once-missing children. The guide discusses mental health, family dynamics, school and work routines, how to cope with holidays and traditions, law enforcement and the media, and what happens when the missing sibling returns. It also includes personal stories and messages of hope.

The full publication, NCJ 308968, can be accessed at https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/what-about-me-finding-your-path-forward-when-your-brother-or-sister.