Mora-Rodriguez2022

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Mora-Rodriguez2022
BibType ARTICLE
Key Mora-Rodriguez2022
Author(s) Michael Mora-Rodriguez
Title Resolving suspicion moment-by-moment. The overall structural organization of police encounters in the Spain-France border area
Editor(s)
Tag(s) Border security, Conversation analysis, Crime control, Institutional talk, Police-civilian interaction, Sequential organization, EMCA
Publisher
Year 2022
Language
City
Month
Journal Language & Communication
Volume 87
Number
Pages 161–178
URL Link
DOI 10.1016/j.langcom.2022.07.006
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Institution
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Series
Howpublished
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Abstract

Drawing on video recordings of police checks in the Spain-France border area, conversation analysis is applied to circumstances in which police officers decide to expand the encounter in search of grounds for suspicion. Police construct a “funnel of suspicion” that gradually intrudes further into the civilians’ personal spheres. This is used to gather information on which to base choices regarding subsequent actions, such as seeking further details or ending the encounter. The results show that police pressure when assessing what constitutes suspicion and attempts by civilians to be released from the encounter shape the interaction of these police border checks.

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