Electronic Community-Oriented Policing: Theories, Contemporary Efforts, and Future Directions

Hu and Lovrich introduce the ＂electronic community-oriented policing＂ (E-COP), concept to explore how social media can impact police strategies on improving police-public relationships. This timely refinement to traditional community-oriented policing strategies is of the utmost importance as we move further into the twentieth century.

Xiaochen Hu is assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Fayetteville State University. Nicholas P. Lovrich is Regents professor emeritus and Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson distinguished professor of political science at Washington State University.