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

By Christopher P. Wilson
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By Christopher P. Wilson
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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 power? What relation do these pervasive media representations bear to the actual history of modern policing?

Christopher P. Wilson explores these questions by examining narratives of police power in crime news, popular fict...

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