Shuy, Roger W.

The language of murder cases : intentionality, predisposition, and voluntariness / Roger W. Shuy. - Oxford : Oxford University, 2014. - 274 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.

Introduction -- Murder laws and terminology -- Analyzing murder law terminology and evidence -- Linguistic profiling when there is no known murder suspect -- Intentionality and predisposition in murder cases -- Voluntariness in murder cases -- Voluntariness of mentally incapacitated suspects capacity -- Voluntariness of suspects impaired by alcohol or drugs -- Voluntariness of juvenile suspects -- Voluntariness of emotionally distraught suspects -- Reasonable doubt in murder cases.

9780199354832 0199354839


Forensic linguistics--United States.
Murder trials--United States.

KF8968.54

345.73/02523014