Coerced confessions the discourse of bilingual police interrogations

Summary: The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. It examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations. Using an interactional sociolinguistic discourse analytical approach, the book offers a microlinguistic examination of interrogations involving persons accused of murder, child molestation, and kidnapping. C.

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ISBN: 3110213486
ISBN: 9783110213485
ISBN: 3110213494
ISBN: 9783110213492
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages).
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Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and indexes.
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