Inside the digital revolution : policing and changing communication with the public / by Bridgette Wessels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wessels, Bridgette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police communication systems--Great Britain.

Police communication systems.

Digital communications--Great Britain.

Digital communications.

Police-community relations--Great Britain.

Police-community relations.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii,194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate Pub., [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: The context of changing communication with the public using digital technologies

The problem of defining "project digital": making sense of digital technologies in police service environments

The cultural dynamics of technological change

Putting the researcher in the field: the performances and positions of the ethnographer in innovative networks of communication

The cultural history of Programme digital and project ATTACH in the MPS

Phase one of the relations of production: "kicking-off and the early days"

Phase two of the relations of production: "moving on and developing e-services"

The construction of a digital services narrative at European, national and regional levels

Narratives of service provision in the metropolitan police service: embedding telematics within service narratives

Participation between service providers and residents: local people's perceptions of services in the East End of London

Police work and everyday life

Conclusion

Appendix: The research methods and objectives of Newham focus groups.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780754670872

0754670872

OCLC:

85766071