Social Media and Criminal Justice

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.”

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

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