Communicating rights
Subtitle: the language of arrest and detention
By: Frances Rock.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780230013315
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.; Police training -- United States.; Police questioning -- United States.; Confession (Law) -- United States.; Right to counsel -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beyond language as transmission; title: Introducing written rights communication; title: Working with syntax and lexis in writing; title: Working with organisation in writing; title: Working with context : rights texts in custody; title: Off the page : detainees' reading practices; title: Introducing spoken rights communication; title: Working with lexis in speech; title: Working with organisation in speech; title: Checking comprehension; title: Beyond explanation : using cautioning; title: Description, action and uptake; title: Epilogue.