Publications
Publication details [#66907]
Antaki, Charles, Elizabeth H. Stokoe and Emma Richardson. 2019. Establishing Intellectually Impaired Victims’ Understanding about ‘Truth’ and ‘Lies’: Police Interview Guidance and Practice in Cases of Sexual Assault. Applied Linguistics 37 (5) : 773–792. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
adult | child | crime | lying | mental faculty | police interview | sexual assault | truthfulness | victim
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
Journal WWW
Annotation
This inquiry explored how police officers, in formal interviews, follow ‘best evidence’ guidance to obtain sexual assault victims’ (who are in casu ‘vulnerable’ adults or children) demonstrable understandings of ‘truth and lies’.