The Language of Sexual Crime

by Janet Cotterill (Editor)

The Language of Sexual Crime explores the role of language in the construction of identity of both perpetrators and victims of sexual violence, the ways in which language is used in the detection of sexually-motivated crime, and the articulation/manipulation of language in police interviews, the courtroom and the media.

260 pages, Hardcover

First published July 31, 2007

Reviews

[Rowan Wagner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to understand how we really need to update the English language to be more 21st Century.

[Noémie · Rating 3 out of 5]

un peu redondant et évidemment daté, mais intéressant
particulièrement les chapitres de Grant & Woodhams, de Tiersma et de Ehlrich