The Language Of Sexual Crime

The Language Of Sexual Crime Considers: The Law And Language Of Rape, Sexual Assault And Sexual Abuse; The Detection Of Sexually-motivated Crime Through Linguistic Analysis; Police Interview Techniques Used With Victims And Perpetrators; Examination And Cross-examination Of Victims And Perpetrators At Trial; Judicial Reports And Public Inquiries Involving Sexual Abuse Or Assault Cases; The Reporting Of Rape Or Sexual Assault Cases In The Media. Rape As Social Activity : An Application Of Investigative Linguistics / Tim Grant And Jessica Woodhams -- The Elicitation Of A Confession : Admitting Murder But Resisting An Accustation Of Attempted Rape / Susan Berk-seligson -- 'just Good Friends' : Managing The Clash Of Discourses In Police Interviews With Paedophiles / Kelly Benneworth -- The Questioning Of Child Witnessses By The Police And In Court : A Linguistic Comparison / Michelle Aldridge -- The Language Of Consent In Rape Law / Peter M. Tiersma -- The Repertoire Of Complicity Vs. Coercion : The Discursive Trap Of The Rape Trial Protocol / Dianne Ponterotto -- Normative Discourses And Representations Of Coerced Sex / Susan Ehrlich -- Purposes, Roles And Beliefs In The Hostile Questioning Of Vulnerable Witnesses / Ester S.m. Leung And John Gibbons -- The Victim As 'other' : Analysis Of The Language Of Acquittal Decisions In Sexual Offences In The Israeli Supreme Court / Bryna Bogoch -- Sentencing Sexual Abuse Offenders : Sex Crimes And Social Justice / Clare Macmartin And Linda A. Wood -- When Rape Is (not Quite) Rape / Annabelle Mooney -- At The Hands Of The Brothers : A Corpus-based Lexico-grammatical Analysis Of Stance In Newspaper Reporting Of Child Sexual Abuse Cases / Anne O'keeffe And Michael J. Breen. Edited By Janet Cotterill. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.