Mason2016
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Marianne Mason |
| Title | The ‘preparatory’ and ‘argumentation’ stages of police interrogation: A linguistic analysis of a criminal investigation |
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| Tag(s) | Conversation Analysis, EMCA, Police interrogation, Police-suspect exchanges, Reid method, Argumentation stage, Preparatory stage |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Language & Communication |
| Volume | 48 |
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| Pages | 79–87 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.langcom.2016.03.001 |
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Abstract
This paper examines from a conversation analysis perspective how police officers manage police-suspect exchanges during the ‘argumentation stage’ of police interrogation while using the accuser's police interview as a basis for formulating questions during the ‘preparatory stage’. Analyzing the audio recorded police interrogation of a suspect and the investigative interview of his accuser, this paper shows how the ‘preparatory stage’ of police interrogation plays a key role in constructing the discourse themes of confrontation and self-interest that seem to shape police-suspect exchanges in United States custodial settings. The results of the paper suggest that police officers often use turn-taking and topic management strategies, such as those embedded in the popular Reid method of interrogation, to pressure the suspect into cooperating with the police.
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