abstract:In police terminology, a beat is the territory and time that a police officer patrols. Beat policing is based on traditional policing (late 19th century) and utilises the close relationship with the community members within the assigned Beat to strengthen police effectiveness and encourage cooperative efforts to make a safer community.
Publié en 1957, "Sur la route"(On The Road) est certainement le plus connu des romans de Jack Kerouac. Il fut l'un des romans fondateurs de ce que Kerouac nomma lui même la "beat generation".