Assignment 2010 – 2011
Examine the evolving nature of social media and associated new technologies; the implications on crime and public safety/security and the associated challenges and opportunities for police to respond strategically; and make recommendations for the future. During deliberations the IALG/Academics have considered the following: global cooperation, implications for new professionalism, implications on public perception and police legitimacy, ‘glocal’ implications of new media, generational tensions, financial implications, citizen journalism, political implications
Assignment giver: Professor Jürgen Stock, Vice President of the Bundeskriminalamt, Germany.