Wordcrime : Solving Crime Through Forensic Linguistics
by Olsson, JohnEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-05-01
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury USA Academic
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Summary
Fascinating reading for anyone interested in true crime, modern, cutting-edge criminology and also where language meets the law.
Author Biography
John Olsson is an Adjunct Professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA, where he teaches forensic linguistics online. He is also Visiting Professor of Forensic Linguistics at the International University of Novi Pazar in Serbia.
Table of Contents
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
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