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Has Missing White Woman Syndrome (MWWS) struck at UMSL?

MWWS refers to the tendency of the media to focus heavily on missing or abducted people when they are attractive, young, well-off, white females (e.g., Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson), and to not provide much, if any, coverage of others who … Continue reading

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