The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception (Hardcover)

Using a linguistic point of view, The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception is a practical explanation of how confessions work, written by the "father of forensic linguistics", Roger W. Shuy. Using his 1993 benchmark work, Language Crimes as his model, Shuy examines criminal confessions, the interrogations that elicit them, and the deceptive language that plays a role in the confession event. He presents transcripts from numerous interrogations and analyzes how language is used, how constitutional rights are not protected, consistency and truthfulness, suggestibility, written confessions, as well as unvalidated confessions. He concludes the volume with explicit advice on how to conduct interrogations that will yield credible evidence. A landmark volume with cross-disciplinary applications, The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception is useful for professionals and academics in linguistics, forensic linguistics, criminal justice, communication, and interpersonal violence.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Empirical Linguistics
Release date:	February 1998
First published:	December 1997
Authors:	Roger W. Shuy
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-7619-1345-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Criminal investigation & detection
LSN:	0-7619-1345-9
Barcode:	9780761913450

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