The Language of Police Reports
A Quest for Precision or a Bureaucratic Exercise of Language Degradation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21180468 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sanja Ćetković (0000-0002-8115-5818, University of Montenegro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Pages | 159-176 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1576-4737 • E-ISSN: 1576-4737 |
| Publisher | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5209/clac.57308 |
| OpenAlex | W2764081460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
The language of the members of law enforcement has been widely studied mostly in terms of investigating various aspects of police interview discourse. However, our aim here is to examine the language of police reports as a sample of written language of the police outside the context of police-suspect encounters and to describe some of its distinctive linguistic features which function as more or less effective means for achieving maximum clarity and precision. An intimate relationship between the language of legal documents and the language of police reports has been established with respect to style and specific language choices that characterize both registers. Nevertheless, we have observed some peculiar features of police written language that seem to be originating from a compelling need to be as accurate and all-inclusive as possible and to fully conform to conventional standards of report writing
Bureaucracy · CLARITY · Criminology · Law enforcement · Linguistics · Political science · Suspect · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
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Introduction
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |