The suspect's statement : talk and text in the criminal process /

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Author / Creator:	Komter, Martha, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 33 Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 33.
Subject:	Criminal procedure. Criminal investigation. Police questioning. Due process of law. Criminal investigation. Criminal procedure. Due process of law. Police questioning. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12576589

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ISBN:	9781108605731 1108605737 9781107445062 110744506X 1107698774 9781107698772 9781107059481 1107059488 9781107698772
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 02, 2019).
Summary:	What suspects tell the police may become a crucial piece of evidence when the case comes to court. But what happens to 'the suspect's statement' when it is written down by the police? Based on a unique set of data from over fifteen years' worth of research, Martha Komter examines the trajectory of the suspect's statement from the police interrogation through to the trial. She shows how the suspect's statement is elicited and written down in the police report, how this police report both represents and differs from the original talk in the interrogation, and how it is quoted and referred to in court. The analyses cover interactions in multiple settings, with documents that link one interaction to the next, providing insights into the interactional and documentary foundations of the criminal process and, more generally, into the construction, character and uses of documents in institutional settings.
Other form:	Print version: Komter, Martha. Suspect's statement. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019 9781107059481

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