The construction of records in Dutch police interrogations

Information Design Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 201-213

  Komter, Martha L ^a  

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Author keywords

Institutional interaction; Interrogation techniques; Police interrogation; Recording activities; Speech and writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248719429     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.11.2.12kom     Document Type: Article

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