Theorizing Policing: The Drama and Myth of Crime Control in the NYPD  

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Manning, Peter K.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theoretical Criminology vol. 5 no. 3 (Agu. 2001), page 315–344.
Topik: crime control; crime figures/UCR; dramaturgy; experts; media; spectacles; zero tolerance
Fulltext: 315TC53.pdf (353.71KB)

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The article uses articles from elite publications to shape a dramaturgically informed case study exploring the decline in the official crime rate in New York City in 1996, the roles of Commissioner Bratton, the media, and the selected experts commenting upon the causes of the decline. The focal period is 1994–6, and includes news of events, such as trials and convictions, related to the events taking place earlier. Victor Turner's (1976) natural history approach organizes the narrative, which sees an established order punctuated by breach, crisis, response and redress, and conciliation or new schism. This analysis requires a brief overview of dramaturgy, the drama of policing, and the centrality of imagery and rhetoric in sustaining police legitimacy and compliance internally. It is argued in conclusion that such analysis may assist in theorizing policing, seeing the dramatic virtues of crime, and the role of media in policing and politics.

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