The chapter reports findings from a study of police-suspect interviews, in which a particular question design (which includes the preface "Might be a silly question, but...") is shown to have consequences for the way a suspect's 'intent' is made relevant to the ongoing trajectory of the interaction.
Attributed to:
Mediating and policing community disputes: Developing new methods for role-play communication skills training
funded by
ESRC
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Bibliographic Information
Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: Contemporary Studies in Conversation Analysis (2013)
Page Reference: 47-70
ISBN: 978-1-4462-0868-7