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Speaking of crime : the language of criminal justice / Lawrence M. Solan and Peter M. Tiersma.
LIBRA KF9223 .S668 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solan, Lawrence, 1952-
- Series:
- Chicago series in law and society
- The Chicago series in law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--Language.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Criminal law--United States.
- Criminal law.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 289 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- Language and the criminal law
- Linguistics in the law
- "Consensual" searches
- Interrogation, confession, and the right to counsel
- Understanding Miranda
- Exact words
- Who said that?
- Who wrote that?
- Solicitation, conspiracy, bribery
- Threats
- Perjury
- Where do we go from here?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-280) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0226767922
- 0226767930
- OCLC:
- 55138706
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