Policing the media : street cops and public perceptions of law enforcement / David D. Perlmutter.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1.. Viewing and Picturing Cops -- Looking Back Through the Viewfinder -- Wanting Something to "Happen" -- "Here's a Good Shot" -- "They'll Think We're Boring" -- 2.. All the Street's a Stage -- The Dramaturgical Metaphor -- Approaching Cops as Viewers -- The Fog of the Street -- 3.. Prime-Time Crime and Street Perceptions -- Televisual Content -- Street Perceptions: Police Responses to the Screen -- 4.. Ethnography and Police Work -- Observing the Street Cop -- 5.. Front Stage and Back Stage -- The Front Stage -- The Back Stage -- Star Power and Control -- Failed Expectations and Value Judgments -- 6.. 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? -- 7.. Real Cops and Mediated Cops: Can They "Get Along"? -- Perceptions as Effects -- The Struggle Continues -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.