Creating language crimes : how law enforcement uses (and misuses) language / Roger W. Shuy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuy, Roger W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Undercover operations--United States.

Undercover operations.

Police--United States--Language.

Police.

Communication in law enforcement--United States.

Communication in law enforcement.

Forensic linguistics--United States.

Forensic linguistics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book illustrates how linguistic analysis of undercover tape recordings made by law enforcement can help defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, judges, and juries better understand the effects of conversational strategies used to give the appearance of criminal activity. If only the appearance of such crime is created, law enforcement has not reached its evidentiary goal. Eleven conversational strategies were used in the twelve actual criminal cases described in this book.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Language Crimes, Conversational Strategies, and Language Power

1. How Language Crimes Are Created

2. Conversational Strategies Used to Create Crimes

3. The Power of Conversational Strategies

Part II: Uses by Cooperating Witnesses

4. Overlapping, Ambiguity, and the Hit and Run in a Solicitation to Murder Case: Texas v. T. Cullen Davis

5. Retelling, Scripting, and Lying in a Murder Case: Florida v. Alan Mackerley

6. Interrupting, Overlapping, Lying, Not Taking "No" for an Answer, and Representing Illegality Differently to Separate Targets in a Stolen Property Case: US v. Prakesh Patel and Daniel Houston

7. Eleven Little Ambiguities and How They Grew in a Business Fraud Case: US v. Paul Webster and Joe Martino

8. Discourse Ambiguity in a Contract Fraud Case: US v. David Smith

9. Contamination and Manipulation in a Bribery Case: US v. Paul Manziel

10. Scripting by Requesting Directives and Apologies in a Sexual Misconduct Case: Idaho v. J. Mussina

Part III: Uses by Law Enforcement Officers

11. Police Camouflaging in an Obstruction of Justice Case: US v. Brian Lett

12. Police Camouflaging in a Purchasing Stolen Property Case: US v. Tariq Shalash

13. A Rogue Cop and Every Strategy He Can Think Of: The Wenatchee Washington Sex Ring Case

14. An Undercover Policeman Uses Ambiguity, Hit and Run, Interrupting, Scripting, and Refusing to Take "No" for an Answer in a Solicitation to Murder Case: The Crown v. Mohammed Arshad

15. Manipulating the Tape, Interrupting, Inaccurate Restatements, and Scripting in a Murder Case: Florida v. Jerry Townsend

Part IV: Conversational Strategies as Evidence

16. Eight Questions about the Power of Conversational Strategies in Undercover Police Investigations

References Cited

Cases Cited

Index

A

B

C

D

E.

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

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T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780198040125

0198040121

OCLC:

567935874