Roger Shuy

Language of Sexual Misconduct Cases

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Produktbeschreibung

The Language of Sexual Misconduct Cases analyzes the many ways in which language plays a crucial role in sexual misconduct cases.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780199926961
• ISBN-10: 0199926964
• Artikelnr.: 35307790

Autorenporträt

Roger W. Shuy is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University and author of The Language of Perjury Cases, The Language of Defamation Cases, Linguistics in the Courtroom, and Creating Language Crimes.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. A brief overview of sexual misconduct law and prosecution
Section I Sexual misconduct in the workplace
3. Fighting off a quid pro quo proposition
4. A patient confuses her doctor
5. The sheriff who didn't know what hit him
6. Even senators get in trouble sometimes
Section II Sexual misconduct of an adult with a child
7. One nightmare leads to another
8. Big trouble at a birthday party
9. Remembering sexual misconduct
10. On climbing into the wrong bed
Section III Sexual misconduct of an adult with another adult
11. A dinner date that went very wrong
12. Unintended but still wanted sex
13. A prostitution sting operation
Section IV Prosecution and defense tools
14. Prosecutorial problems in gathering and analyzing evidence
15. Using linguistic tools in sexual misconduct cases
References