TY - BOOK AU - Perlmutter,David D. TI - Policing the media: street cops and public perceptions of law enforcement SN - 0761911057 (pbk.) : U1 - 363.20973 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Mass media and public opinion KW - Police in mass media KW - United States KW - Police KW - Law enforcement N1 - 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 ER -