Creating Language Crimes: How Law Enforcement Uses (and Misuses) Language

by Roger W. Shuy

Book Overview

This book by Roger W. Shuy, the senior figure in forensic linguistics, is the first to explain in an accessible way the vital role that linguistic evidence and its proper analysis play in criminal investigations.

Shuy provides compelling case studies of how language functions in investigations involving, among others, wired undercover operatives, and the interrogation of suspects. He makes the point that language evidence can be as important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195181662
• ISBN13: 9780195181661
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"