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Speaking of Crime - Lawrence M. Solan, Peter M. Tiersma, Tammy Gales

Speaking of Crime

The Language of Criminal Justice
Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2025 | Second Edition
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-64040-2 (ISBN)
CHF 48,85 inkl. MwSt
An essential introduction to the use and misuse of language within the criminal justice system, updated for a new generation.

Does everyone understand the Miranda warning? Why do people confess to a crime they did not commit? Can linguistic experts identify who wrote an anonymous threatening letter? Since its first publication, Speaking of Crime has been answering these questions. Introducing major topics and controversies at the intersection of language and law, Lawrence M. Solan, Peter M. Tiersma, and Tammy Gales apply multidisciplinary insights to examine the complex role of language within the US justice system.

The second edition features in-depth discussions of recent cases, new legislation, and innovative research advances, and includes a new chapter on who interprets the laws governing linguistic contexts. Thoroughly updated and approachable, Speaking of Crime is a state-of-the-art survey that will be useful to scholars, students, and practitioners throughout the criminal justice system.

Lawrence M. Solan (1952–2024) was the 1901 Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at Brooklyn Law School. Peter M. Tiersma (1952–2014) was professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Tammy Gales is professor of linguistics at Hofstra University, New York.

Preface to Second Edition

Part I A Good Time to Study the Language of Criminal Justice
1. Language and the Criminal Law
2. Linguistics in the Law

Part II Gathering the Evidence
3. “Consensual” Searches
4. Understanding Miranda
5. Interrogation, Confession, and the Right to Counsel

Part III Linguistic Evidence in Court
6. Exact Words
7. Who Said That?
8. Who Wrote That?

Part IV Crimes of Language
9. Solicitation, Conspiracy, Bribery
10. Threats
11. Perjury and Other Illegal Lies

Part V The Interpretation of Criminal Laws
12. Interpreting Criminal Laws
13. Recommendations and Reflections

Acknowledgments
Notes
Author Index
Subject Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Chicago Series in Law and Society
Zusatzinfo 7 tables
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 567 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 0-226-64040-X / 022664040X
ISBN-13 978-0-226-64040-2 / 9780226640402
Zustand Neuware
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