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Winter 2016

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 31, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2016 | Police | Social behavior

Good Cops, Bad Cops, Whatcha Gonna Do?

Robert A. Lawson, Southern Methodist University

Kerianne Lawson, Southern Methodist University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise31(4),2016,85–96GoodCops,BadCops,WhatchaGonnaDo?RobertA.LawsonSouthernMethodistUniversityKerianneLawsonSouthernMethodistUniversity__________________________________________________________AbstractTheAmericantelevisionshowCopsdebutedonSunday,March11,1989,onFoxandhasbecomeoneofthelongest-runningseriesintelevisionhistory.Thescenesintheshowundoubtedlycontributetomanypeople’sperceptionsofpoliceofficersandofthenatureofmodernpolicework.ThisstudyexaminesthebehaviorofpoliceofficersintheshowCopstoseewhetherthepoliceareprotectingorviolatingpeople’srightstotheirpersonsandpropertyindependentofwhetherthepoliceareenforcingthelaw.__________________________________________________________JELCodes:L82,P10Keywords:police,rights,televisionI.IntroductionTheAmericantelevisionshowCopsdebutedonSunday,March11,1989,ontheFoxnetworkandhasbecomeoneofthelongestrunningseriesintelevisionhistory,nowinitstwenty-eighthseasonontheSpikeTVnetwork.Copsisfilmedincinemaveritéstyleasanunnarrated,unscripted,realitytelevisionshowinwhichfilmcrewsfollowlawenforcementofficersthroughtheirdailyduties.Itsopeningthemesong,“BadBoys”bythereggaebandInnerCircle,hasachievediconicpopculturestatus.Eachtwenty-two‐minuteepisodefeaturesthreeseparatevignettes,eachtypicallyaninteractionbetweenthepoliceandapersonsuspectedofacrime.1Theshowisrepeatedinsyndicationonnumerousothernetworks,andfewAmericanshaveneverseentheshow.Togivesomeideaofitscontinuingpopularity,considerthattheJanuary28,2014,episodeonSpikeTVwasrankedfifthoutoftwenty-sixshows1Cops,“AboutUs,”Cops.com.

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Title	Good Cops, Bad Cops, Whatcha Gonna Do?
Authors/Creators:	Robert A. Lawson, Southern Methodist University Kerianne Lawson, Southern Methodist University
Year:	2016
Volume:	31
Number:	4
Pages:	85 - 96
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	police, rights, television

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Lawson, Robert A.; Lawson, Kerianne / 2016. "Good Cops, Bad Cops, Whatcha Gonna Do?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 31(4): 85-96.