The Language of Confession Interrogation and Deception

Using a linguistic point of view The Language of Confession Interrogation and Deception is a practical explanation of how confessions work written by the father of forensic linguistics Roger W. Shuy. Using his 1993 benchmark work Language Crimes as his model Shuy examines criminal confessions the interrogations that elicit them and the deceptive language that plays a role in the confession event. He presents transcripts from numerous interrogations and analyzes how language is used how constitutional rights are not protected consistency and truthfulness suggestibility written confessions as well as unvalidated confessions. He concludes the volume with explicit advice on how to conduct interrogations that will yield credible evidence.A landmark volume with cross-disciplinary applications The Language of Confession Interrogation and Deception is useful for professionals and academics in linguistics forensic linguistics criminal justice communication and interpersonal violence.