Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters

by Phillip Chong Ho Shon

Overview

Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters offers an alternative explanation of police behavior that provides a significant departure from past and current studies of the police. This book is based on the analysis of talk that occurs between police officers and citizens during routine calls for service that the police receive and initiate. Author Philip Chong Ho Shon uses transcripts from actual conversations between the police and the public to demonstrate the tenuous link between peace and social disorder.

Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters provides a practical and situated glimpse at the way police officers verbally exercise their coercive power during routinely occurring interactions with the public.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761840848
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/20/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Phillip Chong Ho Shon is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Indiana State University. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, a Master's Degree in linguistics, and a Ph.D. in criminal justice.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 FOREWORD
Chapter 2 PREFACE
Chapter 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 5 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNOLOGY OF TALK
Chapter 6 2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
Chapter 7 3. TELEVISION AND TALK IN COPS
Chapter 8 4. POLICE TALK: CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC
Chapter 9 5. "WHAT I LOOK LIKE FIGHTIN' HIM?": WHAT DOMESTIC DISPUTANTS TELL THE POLICE
Chapter 10 6. CONCLUSION: COERCION, RHETORIC, AND LANGUAGE IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Chapter 11 REFERENCES
Chapter 12 INDEX

Editorial Reviews

For Police Officers two of the most important aspects of any Police Citizen encounter are the opening and closing words. What was a peaceful situation can easily be changed by the wrong approach. This book gives many examples.

Internet Law Reviews

For Police Officers two of the most important aspects of any Police Citizen encounter are the opening and closing words. What was a peaceful situation can easily be changed by the wrong approach. This book gives many examples.--Internet Law Reviews

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