Understanding the impact of social media on public confidence and perceptions of police legitimacy

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Related UKRI funded projects

  • INTERACT (Investigating New Types of Engagement, Response And Contact Technologies in Policing)

    Over recent years, the ways in which members of the public can contact the police have undergone significant change. Whilst much contact is still face-to-face, many police organisations have introduced different types of...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Edinburgh Napier University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on understanding the implications of introducing technologies into conversations between the police and the public, which directly addresses the question of the impact of social media on public confidence and perceptions of police legitimacy.

  • Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online (3PO)

    Police officers are public-facing professionals. This means they operate in the public eye with at times dramatic repercussions for their private lives (e.g., 'trial by social media', unwanted identification, online hara...

    Funded by: SPF

    Lead research organisation: Sheffield Hallam University

  • Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

    The UCL P-ACE will be based in the Department of Security and Crime Science (DSCS) at University College London (UCL). The DSCS is a global leader in police-relevant research, innovation, education and impact, and is hom...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on research related to public trust and police legitimacy, addressing the impact of social media on public confidence.

  • SMS Africa: Social Media and Security in Africa

    The project aims to provide a timely understanding of the role social media plays in documenting and driving (in)security in East and West Africa. As more people connect to social media in Africa, their expectations for ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to provide a timely understanding of the role social media plays in documenting and driving (in)security in Africa, which partially addresses the question of the impact of social media on public confidence and perceptions of police legitimacy.

  • Identifying Future Capabilities for Community Policing (KOBAN)

    Across Europe society is changing due to demographic, technological and economic developments. Communities are getting more diverse, both in real life and online. This challenges Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to engage...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

  • Visible Policing: the Affective Properties of Police Buildings, Images and Material Culture

    Over recent decades there has been what many have called a 'visual turn' within the social sciences. Within visual criminology important research agendas have developed on prisons and community punishments, the fear of c...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Northumbria University

  • Visions of Policing: How Visual Technologies Shape Police Oversight and Training

    New visual technologies including body-worn and cellphone cameras have led to previously unprecedented access to police conduct. Public reaction to the 'new visibility' of use-of-force, crowd control and interrogations h...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

  • NordForsk Digitalisation of the Public Sector - Critical Understanding of Predictive Policing

    The Nordic-Baltic countries and the UK are not only considered leaders in the digitalization of the public sector, but they have also established long-term cooperation in regards to law enforcement. At the same time, law...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of St Andrews

Similar ARIs from other organisations

The changing landscape of crime How social media can facilitate, monitor and discourage crime and recruitment into organised crime groups. Home Office, 2019
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