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Discussing social media-related scholarship found in criminology, legal studies, policing, courts, corrections, victimization, and crime prevention, this book presents the current state of our knowledge on the impact of social media and the major sociological frameworks employed to study the U.S. justice system.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Social Media, Criminology, the Criminal Justice System, and Human Behavior
Chapter 2: Social Media and Contemporary Mainstream Social Media Platforms
Chapter 3: Social Media and Criminology
Chapter 4: Social Media and the Police
Chapter 5: Social Media and the Courts
Chapter 6: Social Media and Corrections
Chapter 7: Social Media and Crime Prevention
Chapter 8: The Future of Social Media, Criminology, and the Criminal Justice System
Bibliography
About the author
Xiaochen Hu is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Fayetteville State University (FSU) in Fayetteville, NC, U.S. He conducts both quantitative and qualitative studies related to police decision-making, police culture, police and the law, community-oriented policing, gangs, victimology, and criminal justice and mass media. He has co-authored
Electronic Community-Oriented Policing: Theories, Contemporary Efforts, and Future Directions (2020). His scholarship has been published in multiple refereed journals.
Nicholas P. Lovrich is Regents Professor Emeritus and a Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at Washington State University. Moreover, he is an Affiliate Researcher in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at WSU. He remains highly active in scholarship. In 2023, he was the recipient of the Legacy of Excellence Award at WSU in recognition of "a professor emeritus who, in retirement, continues to make outstanding contributions to academia, the University, and the community."
Summary
Discussing social media-related scholarship found in criminology, legal studies, policing, courts, corrections, victimization, and crime prevention, this book presents the current state of our knowledge on the impact of social media and the major sociological frameworks employed to study the U.S. justice system.
