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As part of my journal-format PhD thesis, I have conducted four studies examining harm and vulnerabilities associated with missing children in England. The first of these has been published in Policing and Society, and the second has been published in Evidence Base.

My research takes a mixed-methods approach, integrating natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques to explore how these tools can support both academic inquiry and practical safeguarding responses.

Year	Journal Article
2026	Nicola Fox (2026) SATISFY EASY LADDERS: Accessible machine learning to facilitate analysis of larger sensitive text data samples in criminology, Evidence Base, DOI: 10.1080/30679125.2025.2612199
2024	Nicola Fox, Caroline Miles, Réka Solymosi, Eon Kim & Riza Batista-Navarro (2024) Too risky yet not risky enough: the intersecting characteristics, vulnerabilities, harm indicators and guardianship issues associated with seriously harmed missing children, Policing and Society, DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2024.2333561