War on crime : bandits, G-men, and the politics of mass culture
The first book to look at the structural, legal, and cultural aspects of J. Edgar Hoover's war on crime in the 1930s, a New Deal campaign which forged new links between citizenship, federal policing, and the ideal of centralized government.
Print Book, English, 1998
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998
History
ix, 250 pages ; 9 cm
9780813524863, 9780813524870, 0813524865, 0813524873
1052988619
Prohibition, crime, and federal policing Scientific policing, masculinity, and bureau reform The making of a crime wave Romance, bandit identity, and the rise of celebrity bandits Kidnapping, federal policing, and the role of the public in the war on crime John Dillinger as political actor The Barker-Karpis Gang, surveillance, and the victory of federal policing