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UNINA9910459222303321 |
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Battles Kathleen |
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Titolo |
Calling all cars [[electronic resource] ] : radio dragnets and the technology of policing / / Kathleen Battles |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010 |
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1-4529-4599-3 |
0-8166-7336-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Police communication systems |
Law enforcement - Technological innovations |
Criminal investigation - Technological innovations |
Police - Equipment and supplies |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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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. However, it was not simply the elevation of the percepti |
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UNISA996393770503316 |
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Autore |
Bunyan John <1628-1688.> |
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The greatness of the soul, and unspeakableness of the loss thereof [[electronic resource] ] : with the causes of the losing it : first preached at Pinners Hall, and now enlarged, and published for good / / by John Bunyan |
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London, : Printed for Ben. Alsop ..., MDCLXXXIII [1683] |
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Soul |
Sermons, English - 17th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Errata: p. 227. |
Reproduction of original in the British Library. |
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