Disgracebook policing: social media and the rise of police indiscretion

Policing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-267

  Goldsmith, Andrew ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facebook; police indiscretion; privacy; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924814184     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.864653     Document Type: Article

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