Spoken interactions between responding officers and suspected victims at the scene of domestic abuse incidents
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Sch of English Communication and Philos
Abstract
The private and complex relationship dynamics which underpin domestic abuse present unique communicative challenges for the police in their response to reported crimes. I am particularly interested in interactions between responding officers and suspected victims at the scene of domestic abuse incidents. These conversations can be highly consequential, with the potential to determine how the incident continues to unfold, both in the immediate context of the call-out and in the wider context of the legal process. Yet communication can be complicated by officers' institutional requirements and restrictions, along with the sensitivities around interacting with vulnerable witnesses. My research is motivated by the belief that a more nuanced understanding of these pivotal interactions could inform the improvement of services provided by the police and other agencies to those affected by domestic abuse.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Catherine Steel (Student) |
Publications
Steel K
(2023)
"Can I Have a Look?": The Discursive Management of Victims' Personal Space During Police First Response Call-Outs to Domestic Abuse Incidents
in International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ES/P00069X/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/09/2027 | |||
1946859 | Studentship | ES/P00069X/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/03/2021 | Catherine Steel |
Description | Individual paper presentation at ALAPP 2018 (Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice), Cardiff University, Cardiff. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | I presented the following paper: 'Police 'use' of rapport in practice during domestic abuse call-out interactions' at ALAPP 2018 (Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice) at Cardiff University, Cardiff. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Individual paper presentation at IAFL 2019 (International Association of Forensic Linguists), RMIT, Melbourne. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | I presented the following paper: 'Negotiating the institutional, professional and relational dimensions of police-victim interaction during domestic abuse call-outs' at IAFL 2019 (International Association of Forensic Linguists) at RMIT, Melbourne. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Linguistic Ethnography Discussion and Study group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | I am a member of the LEDS group and have led several of the sessions, including one in 2019 on Ethics in linguistic ethnographic research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |