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Drawing on a wide range of case studies, this book provides an examination of the role of United States federal law in shaping the invocation game of police interrogation. It is essential reading for researchers and students in the fields of forensic linguistics, law and society, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. In the judges' own words: the law and custodial interrogation in the United States; 3. Police interrogation in the United States: from the Reid technique to the high value detainee interrogation group report; 4. The invocation game: the prelude to custodial interrogation; 5. Invocations for counsel, the rulings and the courts: a statistical analysis of the corpus; 6. Police interrogation reform in the United States: paths to consider; Appendices; Index.

Police Interrogation Language and the Law

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/21/2023 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781316511527, 978-1316511527
      ISBN10: 1316511529
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Sociolinguistics Crime and criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on a wide range of case studies, this book provides an examination of the role of United States federal law in shaping the invocation game of police interrogation. It is essential reading for researchers and students in the fields of forensic linguistics, law and society, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. In the judges' own words: the law and custodial interrogation in the United States; 3. Police interrogation in the United States: from the Reid technique to the high value detainee interrogation group report; 4. The invocation game: the prelude to custodial interrogation; 5. Invocations for counsel, the rulings and the courts: a statistical analysis of the corpus; 6. Police interrogation reform in the United States: paths to consider; Appendices; Index.

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