TY - BOOK AU - Wessels,Bridgette ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Inside the digital revolution: policing and changing communication with the public AV - HV7936.C8 W47 2007eb U1 - 363.2/4 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Burlington, VT, USA PB - Ashgate Pub. KW - Police communication systems KW - Great Britain KW - Digital communications KW - Police-community relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-188) and index; Introduction: The context of changing communication with the public using digital technologies -- The problem of defining "project digital": making sense of digital technologies in police service environments -- The cultural dynamics of technological change -- Putting the researcher in the field: the performances and positions of the ethnographer in innovative networks of communication -- The cultural history of Programme digital and project ATTACH in the MPS -- Phase one of the relations of production: "kicking-off and the early days" -- Phase two of the relations of production: "moving on and developing e-services" -- The construction of a digital services narrative at European, national and regional levels -- Narratives of service provision in the metropolitan police service: embedding telematics within service narratives -- Participation between service providers and residents: local people's perceptions of services in the East End of London -- Police work and everyday life -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The research methods and objectives of Newham focus groups; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10211380 ER -