The discourse of police interviews

Mason, Marianne and Rock, Frances ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1684-9354, eds. 2020. The discourse of police interviews. Chicago, USA: The University of Chicago Press.

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Abstract

Forensic linguistics, or the study of language and the law, is a growing field of scholarly and public interest with an established research presence. The Discourse of Police Interviews aims to further the discussion by analyzing how police interviews are constructed and used to investigate and prosecute crimes. The first book to focus exclusively on the discourses of police interviewing, The Discourse of Police Interviews examines leading debates, approaches, and topics in contemporary police interview research. Among other topics, the book explores the sociolegal, psychological, and discursive framework of popular police interview techniques employed in the United States and the United Kingdom, such as PEACE and Reid, and the discursive practices of institutional representatives like police officers and interpreters that can influence the construction and quality of linguistic evidence. Together, the contributions situate the police interview as part of a complex, and multistage, criminal justice process. The book will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in a variety of fields, such as linguistic anthropology, interpreting studies, criminology, law, and sociology.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Edited Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	K Law > KD England and Wales P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Publisher:	The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:	9780226647791
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2024 09:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167422

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