Coerced confessions : the discourse of bilingual police interrogations / by Susan Berk-Seligson.
| Author/creator | Berk-Seligson, Susan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009. |
| Description | xii, 261 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Language, power, and social process ; 25 Language, power, and social process ; 25. ^A538705 |
| Contents | Language and institutional power -- Interpreting for the police : issues in pre-trial phases of the judicial process -- The Miranda warnings and linguistic coercion : the role of footing in the interrogation of a limited-English-speaking murder suspect -- Coercion and its limits : admitting to murder but resisting an accusation of attempted rape -- Does every yeah mean "yes" in a police interrogation? -- Pidginization and asymmetrical communicative accommodation in a child molestation case -- Confessing in the absence of recording : linguistic and extralinguistic evidence of coercion in a police interrogation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2009010492 |
| ISBN | 9783110213485 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 3110213486 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | P302.84 .B47 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |