The Suspect's Statement - Talk and Text in the Criminal Process (Hardcover)

What suspects tell the police may become a crucial piece of evidence when the case comes to court. But what happens to 'the suspect's statement' when it is written down by the police? Based on a unique set of data from over fifteen years' worth of research, Martha Komter examines the trajectory of the suspect's statement from the police interrogation through to the trial. She shows how the suspect's statement is elicited and written down in the police report, how this police report both represents and differs from the original talk in the interrogation, and how it is quoted and referred to in court. The analyses cover interactions in multiple settings, with documents that link one interaction to the next, providing insights into the interactional and documentary foundations of the criminal process and, more generally, into the construction, character and uses of documents in institutional settings.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Martha Komter
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-05948-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General
LSN:	1-107-05948-8
Barcode:	9781107059481

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