Signs of crime : introducing forensic semiotics / Marcel Danesi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danesi, Marcel, 1946-

Series:

Mouton Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime in popular culture.

Crime.

Forensic sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book will introduce the field of forensic semiotics as a tool for understanding crime and criminality. It will focus on how symbolism, ritual, and other sign-based activities play a crucial role in the constitution of criminal organizations and often in the enactment of individual crimes. It will present semiotic notions, methods, and techniques that can be applied to forensic science, such as the role of ritual and slang in criminal gangs.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Table of contents

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Chapter 1. Forensics and Semiotics

Chapter 2. Signs of Deception

Chapter 3. Signs of Identity

Chapter 4. The Language of Crime

Chapter 5. The Criminal Mind

Chapter 6. Symbols and Rituals of Crime

Chapter 7. Criminality and Its Representations

Conclusion

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9781614513162

1614513163

OCLC:

900720381