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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815730203321

Autore

Danesi Marcel <1946->

Titolo

Signs of crime : introducing forensic semiotics / / Marcel Danesi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-316-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Mouton Textbook

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Crime in popular culture

Crime

Forensic sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Forensics and Semiotics -- Chapter 2. Signs of Deception -- Chapter 3. Signs of Identity -- Chapter 4. The Language of Crime -- Chapter 5. The Criminal Mind -- Chapter 6. Symbols and Rituals of Crime -- Chapter 7. Criminality and Its Representations -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book will introduce the field of forensic semiotics as a tool for understanding crime and criminality. It will focus on how symbolism, ritual, and other sign-based activities play a crucial role in the constitution of criminal organizations and often in the enactment of individual crimes. It will present semiotic notions, methods, and techniques that can be applied to forensic science, such as the role of ritual and slang in criminal gangs.