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24th of May, 2017. Arizona, United States of America. In the city of Phoenix, a peculiar situation has occurred. Around 3 pm, a Facebook live stream has just gone online. Facebook has introduced this new feature, which also allows for viewers to send messages to the streamer so there can be interaction between viewer and streamer.

A Phoenix resident has just started the live stream where he shows himself shopping in a specific shopping mall. While walking through the mall, he asks for certain challenges he has to complete. Reactions instigate him to try and steal from several stores, seeing with how many thefts he can get away with.

As the criminal steals from the first, second and third store and doesn’t seem to quit, a relative opens up the Facebook app and scrolls through the feed. Eventually this person ends up in this live stream, which shows the criminal doing his acts. Envying every action, the person contacts the Facebook helpdesk immediately.

This helpdesk has direct contact with the police and asks for the police to act at once. The local police department directly responds and rushes to the mall. While driving to the mall, the police check the live stream to indicate what the exact location of the criminal is. Once arrived, they wait for the criminal to do his act one final time before arresting him, so that they can catch him red-handed.

And as expected, the criminal goes for his 5th theft but is caught while sneaking out of the store. All stolen objects were returned and the criminal was taken into custody. All in all it only took the police 35 min since the hint from the helpdesk, to catch the criminal. This shows how much social media can help with preventing crimes and catching criminals.

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Circumspect - Waakzaam/behoedzaam
Local Law Enforcement Agencies - Lokale wetshandhavings instanties
Cautionairy - Waarschuwend
Polluted - Vervuild
Notoriety - Bekendheid
Cardiovascular - Hart- en bloedvat problemen
Commuter - Forens (Dagelijkse reiziger van huis naar werkplek)
Autopsy - Lijkschouwing
Assailants - Aanvallers
Misdemeanor - Misdrijf
Prosecutors - aanklagers
Vigilant - Waakzaam
Underlaying - Onderliggende
Contingency - Onvoorziene
Facilitating - Faciliteren
Paradigm - paradigma
Residential area - woongebied
Predisposed - voorbestemd
Apprehension - Vrees
Perceived - Waargenomen
Cohesion -  Samenhang
Citizens - burgers
Vicinity - Nabijheid
Aforementioned - eerder genoemd
Fire Hydrant - brandpaal
Strangers - vreemden / vreemdelingen
Traffic - Verkeer
Extensive - Uitgebreid
Conjunction - Samenwerking
Disseminate - Verspreiden
Apa lijst
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- Whatis.com, (2016). Used on 23 of February 2018, from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/social-media
- Stadsfilosoof Delft, (2016). Used on 5 of March 2018, from http://stadsfilosoof.nl/de-ontdekking-van-welkom-hier/
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- Smilda, F., (2017). Used on 5 of March 2018, from http://socialmediadna.nl/another-crimefighting-tool-on-our-belt/
- De Vries, A., (2016). Used on 5 of March 2018, from http://socialmediadna.nl/agenten-twitteren-dom/
- Softonic, (2016). Used on 23 of February 2018, from https://whatsapp-web.en.softonic.com/web-apps
- Aguilar, M., (2013). Used on 23 of February 2018, from https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/04/facebooks-new-logo-takes-flat-and-simple-to-the-extreme/
- Mayhew, F., (2017). Used on 23 of February 2018, from http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/twitter-cracks-down-on-dark-ads-with-major-boost-to-advertising-transparency/
- Catone, J.,(2009) Used on 23 of February 2018, from https://mashable.com/2009/10/01/social-media-public-safety/#8K1.w4BSrqqg

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Willenhall WMP. (2018, February 3). Officers track a stolen vehicle taken from Staffordshire as part of the 'defrosting' thefts. Please do not leave your vehicle running with the keys in the ignition unattended as thieves will take the opportunity to drive of in your nice warm car! #CrimePrevention #Walsallwinter [Twitter]. Retrieved February 29, 2018, from https://twitter.com/WillenhallWMP/status/961255080870776833

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The most important part in a community is the feeling of safety. When the community feels as if they are safe, happiness increases. People help each other to prevent accidents and crimes. The community posts pictures of suspicious people to catch criminals. Not only do people post pictures of crimes but they also warn people about safety issues like, snowed in fire hydrants, icy roads and sometimes traffic. The community of Red Deer has a Facebook group that does exactly this. They post pictures and write paragraphs about suspicious activities. Often times they come in contact with the police. Posting pictures of strangers on the internet without their consent is considered a crime. However the police usually does not arrest people who do this because these communities are helping them catch criminals. These community’s improve the overall safety and security in the region so the police don’t mind.

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Social media catches burglars

Nowadays lots of people are active on social media. There are a lot of new ways of committing crimes by the arrival of social media such as cyber stalking, phishing and cyber bullying. Beside the negative influence on crimes, social media has a positive influence on preventing crimes. Lots of people can easily be reached quickly at the same time. A new way of catching burglars are neighbourhood watches using social media to communicate. By the arrival of social media they can reach each other quickly.

Neighborhood watches are becoming more popular in the United Kingdom. It is a lot easier for people to participate in these neighborhood watches due to the arrival of social media. They can use Watsapp messenger for communicating with each other. They can report suspicious things such as  objects and people.  It also works preventive because burglars know that the news will easily spread the entire neighborhood. Most communities with neighborhood watches who use social media effectively have lower crime rates. It is a very successful tool to use.

Beside the fact that neighbours can reach and warn each other easily, they can also reach the police officer easier. Lots of police officers are now using Watsapp messenger and Facebook to reach out to the community. They can post important and suspicious things on Facebook to warn the people in the community. The neihgborhoodwatch can send the police officer a Watsapp message if they see something suspicious. The police officer will respond quickly to this. It is a easy way of accessing the police officer. You will have direct contact instead of calling to a police station where they have to call the police officer.

Even though social media brings new forms of crime, it is also a good tool to help preventing crimes. It is becoming a more popular tool to use for both people in the community and police officers. It is easy to access and the is not a lot of effort needed to participate in the prevention of crimes. Al these things added up make this such a successful tool and will be used more in the future.

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Video about personal experience

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Personal experience with community crime & prevention through social media

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Personal experience with community crime & prevention through social media

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Community crime & Prevention is a good thing, and it has become a lot easier thanks to social media.

Not only has it become easier to warn your neighbourhood for suspicious activity through social media, notifying the police has also become easier because of social media.

For example, we have a Whatsapp Group chat with all residents of 2 streets in there, the neighbourhood agent is in there as well. Over the past years that I have lived there, it has occurred a handful of times that a neighbour had a complaint or was worried about somebody walking around another house.
Notifying the neighbourhood agent through Whatsapp is quick and efficiënt, because he will be right over at the mentioned location.

It’s also great if you need more help than just your neighbourhood agent.
About 2 years ago a mother had lost sight of her kid playing outside, our neighbourhood is right next to a forest so it’s understandable that she was hysterical.
Again, through the Whatsapp Group somebody made the neighbourhood agent aware of the problem so he could let all other neighbourhood agents in the area search with him.
The kid was found in a couple of streets further, by another neighbourhood cop.

But this can work the other way around just fine. Just like the resident scan warn the police, the police can warn the residents too, if neighbourhood agents start noticing strange behavior or things like that, he would be able to tell the locals to keep an eye out for specific things.

That’s why it’s a good thing that Community crime & Prevention has been made accessable to everyone, because we have been seeing an increase in locals and police communicating through social media, and it has worked surprisingly well!

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Mayhew, F., (2017)

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Aguilar, M., (2013)

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Softonic, (2016)

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Preventing and solving crimes through social media 

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Preventing and solving crimes through social media 

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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/agent-facebook-and-detective-twitter-preventing-and-solving-crimes-through-social-media
Law enforcement joins the world of social networking, exploring new methods of fighting crime through digital platforms. Facebook and Twitter both contribute to a new crime prevention method in which police can track and trace criminals through posts, videos or Tweets posted on these platforms. This article explains this new type of crime prevention and states several examples how police uses social media to cut down crime.

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Red Deer & Area Community Watch & Crime Prevention

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Red Deer & Area Community Watch & Crime Prevention

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This Facebook group was created to prevent crime in the area of Red Deer. The group posts pictures and notifies the community when something is wrong.

Red Deer&Area community, (n.d.)

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This picture is a good example of how the police uses social media to warn the public for crimes in the local area. 

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This picture is a good example of how the police uses social media to warn the public for crimes in the local area. 

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What is social media?

‘’Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration’’ (Whatis.com, 2016).

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Why people use social media for crime prevention

The use of social media makes it easier for people to go to the police. They don’t have to go to the police station anymore to report a crime. They can just send the police officer a WhatsApp message to ask for advice or make a complaint.

It also makes it easier for police officers to warn people. If there are lots of burglaries the police officer can post something on Facebook or twitter to warn people. It is an easy way of reaching lots of people.

People can use social media to make their own neighborhood safer. They can make a group app with people in the neighborhood. In the group app they can report shady things that are happening in their neighborhood. Areas who have a neighborhood watch have lower crime rates than neighborhoods who don’t have one.

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Community crime and prevention

Community crimes are crimes that happen in your own neighbourhood. Nowadays people deal with these crimes differently. People in the neighbourhood and police officers use more social media to prevent these crimes. Police officers use Facebook and twitter to warn people. It also makes it easier for people to come in contact with a police officer. People can send them a WhatsApp message and ask for help or report a crime.