Interactional norms in the Australian police interrogation room

Discourse and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 692-713

  Yoong, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Australia; interview and interrogation; Mohamed Haneef; occupational and institutional discourse; questioning; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049375293     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926510381223     Document Type: Article

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