Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Battles, Kathleen.

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Details

Description

1 online resource (282 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Calling all cars (Online)

Alternative Title

Calling all cars (Online)

Subject

• Radio crime shows > United States > History and criticism
• Radio broadcasting > Social aspects > United States
• Police communication systems > Social aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

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.

LCCN

2009012461

OCLC

ssj0000413428

Author

Battles, Kathleen.

Title

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

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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