Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Dragnet and the Police Procedural 1
5. Chapter 1. “Our Neo-realism”: The Hollywood Semidocumentary Cycle 21
6. Chapter 2. Silence, Not Sirens: Dragnet’s Aural Realism 43
7. Chapter 3. Saturation and Citizenship: Dragnet on Television and in Culture 69
8. Chapter 4. Professionalization and Public Relations: Dragnet and the LAPD 93
9. Epilogue: “One of Us” 121
10. Notes 131
11. Bibliography 153
12. Index 169