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Creating language crimes : how law enforcement uses (and misuses) language /

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Roger Shuy illustrates how linguistic analysis of undercover tape recordings made by law enforcement can help defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, judges, and juries better understand the effects of conversational strategies used to give the appearance of criminal activity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shuy, Roger W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Undercover operations > United States.
Police > United States > Language.
Communication in law enforcement > United States.
Forensic linguistics > United States.
Opérations secrètes > États-Unis.
Police > États-Unis > Langage.
Communication dans l'application des lois > États-Unis.
Linguistique légale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Communication in law enforcement
Forensic linguistics
Police > Language
Undercover operations
United States
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Roger Shuy illustrates how linguistic analysis of undercover tape recordings made by law enforcement can help defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, judges, and juries better understand the effects of conversational strategies used to give the appearance of criminal activity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198040125
0198040121
1423734963
9781423734963
9780195181661
0195181662
128042852X
9781280428524