Language and Vulnerable Witnesses in Sex Crime Cases
A Forensic and Legal Linguistic Perspective
Language and Vulnerable Witnesses in Sex Crime Cases
A Forensic and Legal Linguistic Perspective
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Description
Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives on the intersection of language, law, digital communication and gender-based violence (GBV), this volume proposes new approaches and methodologies in relation to sex crimes, vulnerable witnesses and emojis. It combines theoretical insight and practical relevance, with contributions from both legal practitioners and scholars, to expand the conversation beyond the often-Eurocentric lens of legal linguistics.
By bridging the gap between theory and practice, it advances the important role of language in enhancing access to justice for victims of crimes, specifically sex crimes. It also highlights the role forensic and legal linguists have to play in ensuring legal systems and processes are improved and made more accessible. With diverse chapters focusing on workplace policies, legal proceedings, sexual harassment, and online abuse, it provides important contributions to ongoing discussions about linguistic injustice, institutional silencing, and access to justice, particularly for women and vulnerable groups.
With case studies from Canada, South Africa, Spain, UK, and the USA, this book sheds light on contemporary global issues such as the language prejudices faced by vulnerable witnesses in courtroom discourse, online stalkers and groomers, and the use of emojis and non-verbal communication in sexual harassment. The forensic and legal linguistic approach is essential to understanding how power, prejudice, and justice are enacted through language in courtrooms, policies, and digital communication.
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Table of Contents
1. Breaking the Silence on Sex Crimes: To What end?, Bronwyn Pithy (Advocate and Director, Women's Legal Centre, South Africa)
2. Lost in Interpretation: Policy and Legislative Frameworks Silent in Terms of Language, Tasneemah Nordien (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Fiona Van Wyk (Courtroom Intermediary, Paarl Magistrates Court, South Africa)
3. Analysing the Language of Policy and Procedure: Linguistic Gaps in South African Workplace Sexual Harassment Policies, Jeanne Bodenstein (Lawyer at Thusa Consulting, South Africa) and Sanja Bornman (Lawyer at Thusa Consulting, South Africa)
4. Emojis as Evidence: A Forensic and Legal Linguist's Interpretation of the Use of Emojis in the Mbenenge Sexual Harassment Judicial Conduct Tribunal, Zakeera Docrat (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
5. When Saying 'No' is Not Enough: Normalisations of Sexual Violence Against Women, Neus Alberich-Buera (Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, UK)
6. A Comparative Analysis of Linguistic Features in Threatening and Romantic Stalker Communications: Unveiling the Stances and Ideologies in Stalker Typologies, Amy Brown (Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, UK)
7. The Discourse of Groomer Challenges to Child Resistance in Online Grooming Interactions, Nuria Lorenzo-Dus (UPV, Spain and Swansea University, UK) and Craig Evans (Independent Researcher, UK)
8. Discourse of Conditional Discharge in Judicial Decisions of Sexual Assault in Quebec, Marianne Laplante, Alexandra Dupuy, Veronique Durocher and Spencer C. Nault (University of Quebec, Canada)
9. A Comparative Case Study of Forensic Linguistics and Linguistic Prejudice in South Africa and the United States of America with Reference to Selected Case Law, Russell H Kaschula (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), Matthew J. Gordon (University of Missouri, USA) and Rod Uphoff (University of Missouri, USA)
10. Analysis of Escalation Moves in Falsified Emergency Service Calls, Jennifer Plumb and Mark Visona (Hofstra University, USA)
Product details
| Published | 27 May 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350620612 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 7 bw illus |
| Series | Bloomsbury Advances in Forensic and Legal Linguistics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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