Maintaining police-citizen relations on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic

Despite a growing body of recent literature that has examined the role of the police during the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about police approaches to citizen-engagement on social media in England. Accordingly, this paper draws on robust qualitative research conducted with police officers and...

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Authors: Ralph, Liam (Author) ; Jones, Matthew (Author) ; Rowe, Michael (Author) ; Millie, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Policing and society
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 6, Pages: 764-777
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