Cop Knowledge
Subtitle: Police Power and Cultural Narrative in Twentieth-Century America
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780226901336
Subjects: Criminal investigation & detection; Cultural studies; Police & security services; 20th century; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Literature: Classics; Politics/International Relations; USA; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Social History; Political Science / Law Enforcement; History; Police; Police in popular culture; Police power; United States
First sentence: This is a book about police power: those who exercise it, those who would reform it, and those in the popular arts who are drawn to its political dramas, its cultural contradictions, and its fraternal mysteries.
Description: "Whether they appear in mystery novels or headline news stories, on prime-time TV or the silver screen, few figures have maintained such an extraordinary hold on the American cultural imagination as modern police officers. Why are we so fascinated with the police and their social and political power? What relation do these pervasive media representations bear to the actual history of modern policing?"--Cover.