04660nam 2200781Ia 450 991082784280332120200520144314.01-282-53781-497866125378130-226-50352-610.7208/9780226503523(CKB)2520000000006474(EBL)496626(OCoLC)593359761(SSID)ssj0000341564(PQKBManifestationID)11255166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341564(PQKBWorkID)10391146(PQKB)10535587(StDuBDS)EDZ0000119097(MiAaPQ)EBC496626(DE-B1597)524124(OCoLC)748211762(DE-B1597)9780226503523(Au-PeEL)EBL496626(CaPaEBR)ebr10372074(CaONFJC)MIL253781(EXLCZ)99252000000000647420021209d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolicing contingencies[electronic resource] /Peter K. ManningChicago University of Chicago Press20031 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-50351-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-289) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ONE. POLICING CONTINGENCIES -- TWO. ASPECTS OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN POLICE ORGANIZATION -- THREE. MEDIA, REFLEXIVITY, AND THE MANDATE -- FOUR. THE DYNAMICS OF POLICE REFLECTION -- FIVE. THE CAR AND DRIVER AS THE BASIC POLICE TECHNOLOGY -- SIX. HORIZONS OF TECHNOLOGY -- SEVEN. PROCESSES: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF DRAMA -- EIGHT. POLICE ROLES AND CHANGE -- NINE. RISK, TRUST, AND REFLECTION -- TEN. REPRISE -- APPENDIX A. Methods and Dramaturgy -- APPENDIX B. Data Sources and Limits -- REFERENCES -- INDEXDespite constant calls for reform, policing in the United States and Britain has changed little over the past thirty years. In Policing Contingencies, Peter K. Manning draws on decades of fieldwork to investigate how law enforcement works on the ground and in the symbolic realm, and why most efforts to reform the way police work have failed so far. Manning begins by developing a model of policing as drama-a way of communicating various messages to the public in an effort to enforce moral boundaries. Unexpected outcomes, or contingencies, continually rewrite the plot of this drama, requiring officers to adjust accordingly. New information technologies, media scrutiny and representations, and community policing also play important roles, and Manning studies these influences in detail. He concludes that their impacts have been quite limited, because the basic structure of policing-officer assessments based on encounters during routine patrols-has remained unchanged. For policing to really change, Manning argues, its focus will need to shift to prevention. Written with precision and judiciously argued, Policing Contingencies will be of value to scholars of sociology, criminology, information technology, and cultural theory.Communication in police administrationGreat BritainCommunication in police administrationUnited StatesPolice administrationGreat BritainCitizen participationPolice administrationUnited StatesCitizen participationPolice and mass mediaGreat BritainPolice and mass mediaUnited StatesPoliceGreat BritainPoliceUnited Stateslaw enforcement, reform, authority, crime, prevention, race, patrol, assessment, bias, discrimination, community policing, beat cop, representation, media, information technology, reputation, perception, fear, communication, administration, criminology, sociology, risk, trust, reflexivity, history, news, police brutality, roles.Communication in police administrationCommunication in police administrationPolice administrationCitizen participation.Police administrationCitizen participation.Police and mass mediaPolice and mass mediaPolicePolice363.2Manning Peter K27643MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827842803321Policing contingencies4005406UNINA