Policing the media : street cops and public perceptions of law enforcement /
Perlmutter, David D., 1962-
Policing the media : street cops and public perceptions of law enforcement / David D. Perlmutter. - 224p.
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Viewing and Picturing Cops -- Looking Back Through the Viewfinder -- Wanting Something to "Happen" -- "Here's a Good Shot" -- "They'll Think We're Boring" -- All the Street's a Stage -- The Dramaturgical Metaphor -- Approaching Cops as Viewers -- The Fog of the Street -- Prime-Time Crime and Street Perceptions -- Televisual Content -- Street Perceptions: Police Responses to the Screen -- Ethnography and Police Work -- Observing the Street Cop -- Front Stage and Back Stage -- The Front Stage -- The Back Stage -- Star Power and Control -- Failed Expectations and Value Judgments -- The (Real) Mean World -- In the Same Boat -- Everyone Is Innocent -- No Respect From the Audience -- The System Is Against Them: Statistics as Bullshit -- Tales of Decline -- Conclusions: Rebels Against the Public? -- Real Cops and Mediated Cops: Can They "Get Along"? -- Perceptions as Effects -- The Struggle Continues -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. 7..
0761911057 (pbk.) : £15.99 0761911049 : £41.00
GBA0-Z3863
Mass media and public opinion
Police in mass media--United States
Police--United States
Law enforcement--United States
363.20973
Policing the media : street cops and public perceptions of law enforcement / David D. Perlmutter. - 224p.
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Viewing and Picturing Cops -- Looking Back Through the Viewfinder -- Wanting Something to "Happen" -- "Here's a Good Shot" -- "They'll Think We're Boring" -- All the Street's a Stage -- The Dramaturgical Metaphor -- Approaching Cops as Viewers -- The Fog of the Street -- Prime-Time Crime and Street Perceptions -- Televisual Content -- Street Perceptions: Police Responses to the Screen -- Ethnography and Police Work -- Observing the Street Cop -- Front Stage and Back Stage -- The Front Stage -- The Back Stage -- Star Power and Control -- Failed Expectations and Value Judgments -- The (Real) Mean World -- In the Same Boat -- Everyone Is Innocent -- No Respect From the Audience -- The System Is Against Them: Statistics as Bullshit -- Tales of Decline -- Conclusions: Rebels Against the Public? -- Real Cops and Mediated Cops: Can They "Get Along"? -- Perceptions as Effects -- The Struggle Continues -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. 7..
0761911057 (pbk.) : £15.99 0761911049 : £41.00
GBA0-Z3863
Mass media and public opinion
Police in mass media--United States
Police--United States
Law enforcement--United States
363.20973