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Publication details [#66883]

Tennent, Emma. 2019. ‘Do you think it’s a crime?’ Building joint understanding of victimisation in calls for help. Discourse & Society 30 (6) : 636–652.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
conversational analysis | crime | joint narration | offering | request | social interaction | telephone conversation | understanding | victim
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal WWW
www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper examines calls to a Victim Support helpline employing conversation analysis and membership categorisation analysis. The analyses show how participants’ different graspings of victimisation were consequential for the delivery or withholding of support.