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

• Autore: Gruber M. Catherine
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 345.73/04
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto non controllato: Defendants courtroom apologies
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: I'm sorry for what I've done; “I’m Sorry for What I’ve Done”; "I'm sorry for what I've done"; Oxford studies in language and law
• Titolo autorizzato: "I'm sorry for what I've done" : the language of courtroom apologies
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154339603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in language and law.