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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Heeding the call
  • Policing perception : public image management and the creation of the radio crime docudrama
  • The sound of intimate authority : professionalism and the reformation of police officers
  • Gang busting : criminals and citizens in a professional world
  • The dragnet effect : space, time, and police presence
  • The shadow of doubt and the menace of surveillance
  • Conclusion: Hearing the echoes.

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