Deceptive Ambiguity by Police and Prosecutors

by Roger W. Shuy

Much has been written about how criminal suspects, defendants, and the targets of undercover operations employ ambiguous language as they interact with the legal system. This book examines the other side of the coin, describing fifteen criminal investigations that demonstrate how police, prosecutors, and undercover agents use deceptive ambiguity with their subjects and targets, thereby creating misrepresentations through their uses of speech events,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190669896
• ISBN13: 9780190669898
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"