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Police units worldwide are going through a three-generational technological shift: from "street" to "screen" to "system" technologies. This paper focuses on how these digital shifts shape police officers' perceptions. First, concerning the change from "street" to "screen" police, it focuses on how it changes police officers' perceptions of discretion and burnout. The shift from "screen" to "system" policy focuses on how perceptions towards "screen" technologies shape the receptivity of "system" technologies. We address these questions using a mixed-method approach to analyze Brazilian police officers' shift from the Military Police to the Environmental Military Police. Findings suggest that changing from "street" to "screen" police reduces burnout and limited discretion among police officers. Moreover, usefulness in achieving professional goals and perceptions of monitoring via "screen" technology predict receptivity to "system" technology. We conclude that street-level bureaucrats' perceptions of technological shifts are essential to acknowledge when planning and implementing such changes.

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- The Argument -- Prelude: Stories Around the Cultural Fire -- Part 1: Of Axe-Heads and Axioms -- Chapter 1: Grok and the Rock -- Chapter 2: The Nature of Technology -- Chapter 3: Technology by Choice -- Interlude: Were the Luddites Right? -- Part 2: Of Soups and Systems -- Chapter 4: Reverse Engineering -- Chapter 5: A Problem of Design -- Chapter 6: System Ethics -- Postlude: The End of Progress -- Postscript -- Bookshelf.

An examination of UK technology policy machinery, & the pattern of research & development expenditure. The main criticisms about the distribution of UK research & development funds are discussed, & the government's industrial strategy is summarized. International collaboration, technology clustering, & public purchasing are reviewed. It is concluded that the UK's technological effort is imbalanced, & that the culture, institutions, & procedures of the state are nonresponsive to market-determined technological change. 3 Tables. Modified AA

1. An Overview of the Evolution of the U.S. Pecan Industry -- 2. Pecan Production -- 3. Pecan Physiology and Composition -- 4. Pecan Processing -- 5. Mechanization of Post-Harvest Pecan Processing -- 6. Microbiology and Sanitation -- 7. Pecan Composition -- 8. Methods for Measurement of Pecan Quality -- 9. Structure and Performance of the Pecan Market -- Appendix: Further Reading.