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.

First Author: Drew, Paul; Heritage, John

Attributed to: Mediating and policing community disputes: Developing new methods for role-play communication skills training funded by ESRC

No abstract provided

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Contemporary Studies in Conversation Analysis (2013)

Page Reference: 47-70

ISBN: 978-1-4462-0868-7