Calling all cars
Subtitle: radio dragnets and the technology of policing
By: Kathleen Battles.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780816649136; 9780816649143
Subjects: Police communication systems; Law enforcement -- Technological innovations; Criminal investigation -- Technological innovations; Police -- Equipment and supplies
Description: Calling All Cars shows how radio played a key role in an emerging form of policing during the turbulent years of the Depression. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Heeding the call; title: Policing perception : public image management and the creation of the radio crime docudrama; title: The sound of intimate authority : professionalism and the reformation of police officers; title: Gang busting : criminals and citizens in a professional world; title: The dragnet effect : space, time, and police presence; title: The shadow of doubt and the menace of surveillance; title: Conclusion: Hearing the echoes.