Calling All Cars : Radio Dragnets and the Technology of Policing /

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Calling All Cars shows how radio played a key role in an emerging form of policing during the turbulent years of the Depression. Until this time popular culture had characterized the gangster as hero, but radio crime dramas worked against this attitude and were ultimately successful in making heroes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Battles, Kathleen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Police > Equipment and supplies.
Police communication systems.
Law enforcement > Technological innovations.
Criminal investigation > Technological innovations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
police communication systems.
Police > Appareils et materiel.
Enquêtes criminelles > Innovations.
Lois > Application > Innovations.
Police > Systemes de communication.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Calling All Cars shows how radio played a key role in an emerging form of policing during the turbulent years of the Depression. Until this time popular culture had characterized the gangster as hero, but radio crime dramas worked against this attitude and were ultimately successful in making heroes out of law enforcement officers. Through close analysis of radio programming of the era and the production of true crime docudramas, Kathleen Battles argues that radio was a significant site for overhauling the dismal public image of policing.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816673360

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