Indeed social media has played an important role in sensitizing the society about the various crimes that have been taking place in the nearby surroundings. A number of videos relating to the criminal activities that are shared on Facebook or WhatsApp have surely helped the police officials to nail the accused. 

Social media is playing a crucial role in exposing the criminal activities happening in the society, which often remain or have remained unnoticed by the citizens of the nation. There have been many cases of elders getting thrashed and harassed  by the people. One such case came up where an elderly lady was beaten up, garlanded and her face was blackened in front of people of that village. A video of this incident was made by some bystander and was uploaded on the Social media. 

In no time the video went viral , which helped as well as forced the police to apprehend the offenders and register an FIR against them as soon as possible. At the same time, on the basis of the police report the court also took cognizance of the offence and passed an order to get the offenders in Judicial custody. 

Social media has always been a source of information for the society and the limitless reach that the platforms have provided in front of the people has proved to be beneficial for all the members of the society, and in particular if we talk about the Criminal Justice Administration , then yes it surely has created a number of paths and ways for the institution to reach up the criminals in less time. 

In case of the Police department , Social media has given them unprecedented power and access to check upon the cations of the public all over the country. This has helped the cyber department to locate the source of crime and the criminals in short duration. Using the platforms such as Facebook and Twitter , the officials can communicate in real time about the incidents and events with the the people in order to make them aware of the same and also to help them stay safe and sound from such criminals. 

If we talk about the negative side of Social media , then yes it has indeed produced some challenges in front of the people and specially for the young generation or probably the Teens. 

Some of the old crimes i.e Frauds, harassments etc. now can be done by just sitting at your place in a comfortable situation, sometimes it gets difficult to reach the criminal.