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From cops who are paragons of virtue, to cops who are as bad as the bad guys...from surly loners, to upbeat partners...from detectives who pursue painstaking investigation, to loose cannons who just want to kick down the door, the heroes and anti-heroes of TV police dramas are part of who we are. They enter our living rooms and tell us tall tales about the social contract that exists between the citizen and the police. Love them or loathe them--according to the ratings, we love them--they serve a function. They've entertained, informed and sometimes infuriated audiences for more than 60 years.
This book examines Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Naked City, The Untouchables, The F.B.I., Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch, Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, CSI, The Shield, The Wire, and Justified.
It's time to take another look at the "perps," the "vics" and the boys and girls in blue, and ask how their representation intersects with questions of class, gender, sexuality, and "race." What is their socio-cultural agenda? What is their relation to genre and televisuality? And why is it that when a TV cop gives a witness his card and says, "call me," that witness always ends up on a slab?
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletev
Introduction by Roger Sabin
1. Dragnet (Roger Sabin)
2. Highway Patrol (Ronald Wilson)
3. Naked City (Ronald Wilson)
4. The Untouchables (Ronald Wilson)
5. The F.B.I. (Ronald Wilson)
6. Columbo (Roger Sabin)
7. Hawaii Five-O (Brian Faucette and Ben Bethell)
8. Kojak (Roger Sabin)
9. Starsky & Hutch (Ben Bethell)
10. Hill Street Blues (Ronald Wilson)
11. Cagney & Lacey (Ben Bethell)
12. Miami Vice (Brian Faucette)
13. Law & Order (Brian Faucette)
14. Homicide: Life on the Street (Linda Speidel)
15. NYPD Blue (Linda Speidel)
16. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Roger Sabin)
17. The Shield (Linda Speidel)
18. The Wire (Linda Speidel)
19. Justified (Brian Faucette)
20. They also served...: A Roll Call of Other Notable Cop Shows
(Ben Bethell)
Appendix: The Tommy Westphall Hypothesis: Or: Why Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order,
The Wire and CSI Don't Exist
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
