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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154339603321

Autore

Gruber M. Catherine

Titolo

"I'm sorry for what I've done" : the language of courtroom apologies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Oxford studies in language and law "I'm sorry for what I've done"

Disciplina

345.73/04

Soggetti

Defense (Criminal procedure) - Discourse analysis - United States

Confession (Law) - United States

Extenuating circumstances - United States

Apologizing - United States

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)

English language

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Apologies and courtroom apologies -- The context of federal sentencing hearings -- What defendants say in response to their offenses -- Defendants talk about the past, the future, and the present: mitigation, future behavior, and the sentence -- Broad features of defendants' allocutions -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Gruber examines 52 apologetic allocutions produced during federal sentencing hearings. Defendants raised the topics of the offence, mitigation, future behaviour, and the sentence in diverse ways, and this book explores the pros and cons associated with different forms.