Cop Knowledge - Police Power and Cultural Narrative in Twentieth-Century America

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction- Thin Blue Lines: Police Power and Cultural Storytelling1. "The Machinery of a Finished Society": Stephen Crane, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Police2. ..".and the Human Cop": Professionalism and the Procedural at Midcentury3. Blue Knights and Brown Jackets: Beat, Badge, and "Civility" in the 1960s4. Hardcovering "True" Crime: Cop Shops and Crime Scenes in the 1980s5. Framing the Shooter: The Globe, the Police, and the StreetsEpilogue- Police BluesNotesIndex

Zusammenfassung

In this text, Christopher Wilson examines narratives of police power in crime news, popular fiction and film, showing how they reflect and influence the real strategies of law enforcement on the beat, in the squad room and in urban politics.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christopher P. Wilson, Wilson Christopher P.
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9780226901336
• ISBN: 978-0-226-90133-6
• Seiten: 289
• Abmessung: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Politik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; USA, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Police & security services, Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection, Police and security services