The suspect's statement : talk and text in the criminal process /

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...

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Main Author: Komter, Martha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 33.
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Table of Contents:
  • The police interrogation : the talk, the typing and the text
  • The police report : the document, the text, and the talk
  • The trial : documents in action
  • The career of a suspect's statement
  • Conclusion and discussion.