Dr John Olsson (Wales Bangor University)

Wordcrime

Solving Crime Through Forensic Linguistics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rarely is a crime committed without there being some evidence in the form of language. This title features a series of chapters where gripping cases are described - involving murder, sexual assault, hate mail, suspicious death, code deciphering, arson and even genocide. It details how forensic linguistics helps the law beat the criminals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9781441193520
• ISBN-10: 1441193529
• Artikelnr.: 34541346

Autorenporträt

John Olsson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction \ Part 1 \ 1.The barrel killer \ 2. The bicycle murder \ 3.
Heroin smuggling into a prison \ 4.Did the Da Vinci Code plagiarise the
works of other authors? \ 5. The Diary that told all \ 6. The man with the
baseball bat \ 7. Reputable barrister or manipulative Svengali? \ Part II
\ 8. Murder or suicide? \ 9. What happened to Jenny \ 10. A case of medical
disinformation \ 11. Strategies for code: a prisoner's dilemma \ 12. A
genocide in Rwanda \ 13. Death threats in the Tropics \ 14. Fitted up by a
'professional': falsely accused \ 15. On death row \ Part III \ 16.
Betrayed by a full stop \ 17. A bland paedophile \ 18. Prosecutor memo
leads to abuse of process ruling \ 19. Letters from Anonymous \ 20. Return
to sender \ 21. Was it Ernie or Ronnie? \ 22. The witness stated...but did
he? \ 23. People trafficking and the language of trauma \ Glossary \
Bibliography \ Index