Social Media and Law Enforcement Practice in Poland

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.

1. Social media and criminal justice practice outside the Anglophone countries 2. The online frontier: social media use by law enforcement personnel in Poland 3. Paw patrol? How Polish police are using animal images and funny content on social media 4. We are still here – police activity on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic 5. Social media evidence in criminal proceedings 6. Detecting online offenders: a case study of social media hate speech investigations 7. Social media and criminal justice, a complicated relationship: conclusions