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The book uses critical sociolinguistic analysis to examine the social consequences of courtroom talk. The focus of the study is the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys who were prosecution witnesses in the case of six police officers charged with their abduction. The analysis revea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eades, Diana, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.
Colección:Language, power, and social process ; 22.
Temas:
Trials (Police misconduct) > Australia > Brisbane (Qld.)
Police misconduct > Australia > Brisbane (Qld.)
Examination of witnesses > Australia > Language.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Australia.
Intercultural communication > Australia.
Cross-examination > Australia.
Youth, Aboriginal Australian > Legal status, laws, etc.
Procès (Abus de la police) > Australie > Brisbane (Queensl.)
Abus de la police > Australie > Brisbane (Queensl.)
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Australie.
Contre-interrogatoire > Australie.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Cross-examination
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Intercultural communication
Police misconduct
Trials (Police misconduct)
Kriminalisierung
Soziolinguistik
Vernehmung
Diskriminierung
Aborigines
Pinkenba (Brisbane, Qld.)
Australia
Queensland > Brisbane
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the theoretical scene
  • The societal and institutional struggle
  • Features of Aboriginal English communicative style
  • Lexical strategies
  • Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction
  • Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order : David
  • More court appearances than some solicitors : Albert
  • Not a person to be overborne: Barry
  • No fear of the police : closing the Pinkenba case
  • Developments since the Pinkenba case
  • The power of courtroom talk.

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