1st Edition

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

Edited By Paweł Waszkiewicz Copyright 2025
128 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Social media and criminal justice practice outside the Anglophone countries

Paweł Waszkiewicz

2. The online frontier: social media use by law enforcement personnel in Poland

Stanisław Rabczuk

3. Paw patrol? How Polish police are using animal images and funny content on social media

Magdalena Tomaszewska-Michalak

4. We are still here – police activity on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic

Błażej Stromczyński

5. Social media evidence in criminal proceedings

Paweł Waszkiewicz and Krzysztof Worek

6. Detecting online offenders: a case study of social media hate speech investigations

Piotr Lewulis

7. Social media and criminal justice, a complicated relationship: conclusions

Paweł Waszkiewicz

Biography

Paweł 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.

Paweł 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.