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200 10$aCalling all cars$b[electronic resource] $eradio dragnets and the technology of policing /$fKathleen Battles
210   $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (290 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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311   $a0-8166-4913-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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.
330   $aCalling 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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