Perlmutter, David D.,  1962- <br/><br/>
Policing the media :  street cops and public perceptions of law enforcement / 
David D. Perlmutter. 
 - 224p. 
<br/><br/> 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.. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761911057 (pbk.) :  £15.99 0761911049 :  £41.00 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA0-Z3863 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media and public opinion<br/>Police in mass media--United States<br/>Police--United States<br/>Law enforcement--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.20973