Social Media and Law Enforcement Practice in Poland

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.

Auteur

Pawel Waszkiewicz is a university professor in the Department of Criminalistics at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. He has been a lecturer and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, Rutgers University, University College London, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Malaga, and Teesside University, among others. He has led and co-led research on crime prevention, video surveillance, biometrics, operational and detection work, homicide investigation, surveillance methods, and out-of-court conflict resolution funded by Polish (Ministry of Science and Higher Education, National Science Center, University of Warsaw) and foreign (European Commission, Sodertorn University, Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies) grants.

Pawel Waszkiewicz is the author and coauthor of dozens of scientific publications and more than a hundred conference presentations. He is an advocate of evidence-based activities, transparency, and open-access policies. Most of his publications are freely available on his researchgate.net and academia.edu profiles.

Self-appointed president of the Warsaw fan club of the TV series The Wire. In love with surfing without reciprocation.