Social Media and Law Enforcement Practice in Poland Insights into Practice Outside Anglophone Countries

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2024
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media
• Subjects: Communication; Computer science; Computing and Information Technology; COVID-19; Crime and criminology; Criminal justice law; Criminal law: procedure and offences; Criminal procedure; Cultural and media studies; Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides; Emergency services; Facebook; History; History and Archaeology; Information technology: general topics; Interdisciplinary studies; Internet guides and online services; Internet hate speech; Internet: general works; Investigation; JKSW1 Police and security services; Jurisprudence and general issues; Law; Law and society, sociology of law; Law enforcement; Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law; Legal aspects of criminology; LNFX5 Police law and police procedures; Media studies; Pandemic; Poland; Prosecution; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Research and information: general; Research methods: general; Social and ethical issues; Social law and Medical law; Social media; Social services and welfare, criminology; Social welfare and social services; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; The Arts
• ISBN: 9781032680194; 1032680180; 9781040098387; 1040098371; 1032680199; 9781032680187; 9781040098370; 104009838X
• DOI: 10.4324/9781032680194

This book explores the role of social media in the daily practice of Polish criminal justice and how social media is, in turn, reshaping this practice. Based on empirical research, it confronts common beliefs about how police officers, prosecutors, and judges use social media in their work. Readers will find answers to the following questions: Which social media platforms are popular among law enforcement officers in Poland? How do the police use social media to investigate and prosecute crimes? What are the strategies for using social media to communicate with the community? What strategies are most successful? The findings in this book challenge some popular beliefs and theories about social media in criminal justice. As the first book to explore the use of social media in criminal justice outside of English-speaking countries, this collection of academic research will be of interest to academics focusing on criminology, criminal justice, and policing and will be useful to police leaders and officers, police social media administrators, prosecutors, and judges, who may be inspired by the research to implement new successful and more effective practices. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 International license. The costs of the Open Access publication were covered by the University of Warsaw under the Excellence Initiative Research University Action I.2.4 Supporting Open Access Publications.