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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Battles, Kathleen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Police communication systems.
Law enforcement > Technological innovations.
Criminal investigation > Technological innovations.
Police > Equipment and supplies.
Police > Systèmes de communication.
Lois > Application > Innovations.
Enquêtes criminelles > Innovations.
Police > Appareils et matériel.
police communication systems.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Criminal investigation > Technological innovations
Law enforcement > Technological innovations
Police communication systems
Police > Equipment and supplies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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