Coerced confessions : the discourse of bilingual police interrogations / by Susan Berk-Seligson.

Author/creator Berk-Seligson, Susan
Format Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 261 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLanguage, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and indexes.
LCCN 2009010492
ISBN9783110213485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN3110213486 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks P302.84 .B47 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold