Cop Knowledge: Police Power and Cultural Narrative in Twentieth-Century America

In this text, Christopher Wilson examines narratives of police power in crime news, popular fiction and film, showing how they reflect and influence the real strategies of law enforcement on the beat, in the squad room and in urban politics.

• | Author: Christopher P. Wilson
• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2000
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780226901329
• | ISBN-10: 0226901327