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Publication details [#35062]

Whalen, Marilyn R. and Don H. Zimmerman. 1990. Describing trouble: Practical epistemology in citizen calls to the police. Language in Society 19 (4) : 465–492.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

description | epistemology | law | troubles-telling

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper examines the vulnerabilities of citizens' descriptions involved in reporting troublesome occurrences to the police, and their orientation toward practical epistemological displays.