The construction of 'innocence': comparing responses to criminal accusations across legal and non-legal settings

This thesis explores the discursive construction of innocence in responses to criminal accusations across different interactional settings. Constructing innocence here refers to the achievement of interactional tasks, such as deflecting or avoiding blame, across both admissions and denials. With the...

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Main Author:	Louise J. White
Format:	Default Thesis
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Discursive psychology Suspect Innocence Guilt Affordances Criminal accusation Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/37115
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