Law enforcement, communication, and community / edited by Howard Giles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giles, Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in law enforcement.

Communication in law enforcement--United States.

Police-community relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Given widespread media attention to issues of crime and its prevention, police heroism, and new modes of police-community involvements, this international collection is timely. It is unique in examining ways in which police and citizens communicate across a range of contexts and problem areas. While much attention is afforded the critical roles of communication by police agencies, there has been little recourse to communication science and its theories. Likewise, the latter has not, until recently, concerned itself with analyzing police-citizen interactions. This volume examines the character of such encounters, forging new theoretical frameworks having implications for practice in many instances. Topics include media portrayals of law enforcement, communication and new technologies within police culture, domestic violence, hate crimes, stalking, sexual abuse, and hostage negotiations. This book should be relevant not only to a range of social sciences besides Communication scholars and students, but also to practitioners working in the field.

Contents:

Law Enforcement, Communication and Community

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of contents

Foreward

Chapter 1: Revoking our right to remain silent

Chapter 2: Community policing as communication reform

Chapter 3: Attitudes, culture and emotion in police talk

Chapter 4: The impact of contemporary communication and information technologies on police organizations

Chapter 5: Fictional cops

Chapter 6: Communication issues in policing family violence

Chapter 7: The discourse of police interviews

Chapter 8: In the shadow of the stalker

Chapter 9: Signs and cultural messages of bias motivated crimes

Chapter 10: Crisis/hostage negotiations

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612161667

9781282161665

1282161660

9789027297136

9027297134

OCLC:

70764440