Cop knowledge : police power and cultural narrative in twentieth-century America /

Wilson, Christopher P. 1952-

Cop knowledge : police power and cultural narrative in twentieth-century America / Christopher P. Wilson. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000. - xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-274) and index.

0226901327 : 0226901335 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Police--History.--United States
Police in popular culture--History.--United States
Police power--History.--United States

HV8138

363.2/0973