Policing Images.

In recent years the police have become one of the most watched and most visible organisations, and across the media there has been constant interest in the police. In such a situation the police themselves have been intensely concerned with promoting, projecting and protecting the police image. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mawby, R. I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Police-community relations > Great Britain.
Police > Great Britain > Public opinion.
Police and mass media > Great Britain.
Relations police-collectivité > Grande-Bretagne.
Police et médias > Grande-Bretagne.
Police and mass media
Police-community relations
Police > Public opinion
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prelims; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and tables; Introduction; 1. A history of police image work 1829-1987; 2. The professionalisation of police image work since 1987; 3. Police legitimacy, communication and the public sphere; 4. The national picture: systems of police image work; 5. One force and its image; 6. Press and public relations officers at work; 7. Image work in routine policing; 8. Image work, police work and legitimacy; References; Index.

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