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.
Table of Contents
Foreward
Camerino Sanchez ix - x
Revoking our right to remain silent: Law enforcement communication in
the 21st century
Michelle Chernikoff Anderson, Thomas J. Knutson, Howard Giles and
MaryLinda Arroyo 1 - 32
Community policing as communication reform
Ed Maguire and William Wells 33 - 66
Attitudes, culture and emotion in police talk
Keith Tuffin 67 - 83
The impact of contemporary communication and information technologies
on police organizations
Andrew J. Flanagin 85 - 105
Fictional cops: Who are they, and what are they teaching us?
Jan J.M. v.d. Bulck 107 - 127
Communication issues in policing family violence
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick 129 - 153
The discourse of police interviews: The case of sexually abused
children
Ann-Christin Cederborg 155 - 172
In the shadow of the stalker: The problem of policing unwanted pursuit
Brian H. Spitzberg 173 - 200
Signs and cultural messages of bias motivated crimes: Analysis of the
hate component of intergroup violence
Edward Dunbar 201 - 228
Crisis/hostage negotiations: A communication-based approach
Randall Gage Rogan and Mitchell R. Hammer 229 - 254
Subject index 255 - 265
Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)
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