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.

UNINA9910702108303321

Autore

Springer Victor G (Victor Gruschka), <1928-2022.>

Titolo

Synopsis of the tribe Omobranchini with descriptions of three new genera and two new species (Pisces: Blenniidae) / / Victor G. Springer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Smithsonian Institution Press, , 1972

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (31 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; ; no. 130

Soggetti

Blenniidae

Omobranchus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Nov 9, 2009).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-18).