1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459222303321

Autore

Battles Kathleen

Titolo

Calling all cars [[electronic resource] ] : radio dragnets and the technology of policing / / Kathleen Battles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4529-4599-3

0-8166-7336-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

363.2/32

Soggetti

Police communication systems

Law enforcement - Technological innovations

Criminal investigation - Technological innovations

Police - Equipment and supplies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393770503316

Autore

Bunyan John <1628-1688.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Ben. Alsop ..., MDCLXXXIII [1683]

Descrizione fisica

[2], 227 p

Soggetti

Soul

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata: p. 227.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018