Calling all cars radio dragnets and the technology of policing / Kathleen Battles.

Author/creator Battles, Kathleen
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Description282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.
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LCCN 2009012461
ISBN9780816649136 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816649138 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816649143 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816649146 (pb : alk. paper)

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