Crime Fiction and Missing Persons Appeals to the Public

by Tim Grant, Abigail Boucher, Daniel Jenkin-Smith

This book draws upon genre fiction studies, forensic linguistics, and media studies to investigate the overlap between crime fiction conventions and the writing of missing persons appeals to the public. This book is based on a pilot project funded by the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, entitled 'Genre, Pacing, and Narrative in Police Missing Persons Appeals' (Aug 2021-Nov 2022). The authors identify a missing persons appeal as a literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031808002
• ISBN13: 9783031808005
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Dimensions: 5.8" x 8.3"