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Author:
Shuy, Roger W.
Title:
The language of sexual misconduct cases / Roger W. Shuy.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
viii, 229 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Sex crimes--United States--Cases.
Sexual harassment--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.
Child sexual abuse--United States--Cases.
Sex and law--United States--Interpretation and construction.
Law--United States--Language.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A brief overview of sexual misconduct law and prosecution -- Sexual misconduct in the workplace -- Fighting off a quid pro quo proposition -- A patient confuses her doctor -- The sheriff who didn't know what hit him -- Even senators get in trouble sometimes -- Sexual misconduct of an adult with a child -- One nightmare leads to another -- Big trouble at a birthday party -- Remembering sexual misconduct -- On climbing into the wrong bed -- Sexual misconduct of an adult with another adult -- A dinner date that went very wrong -- Unintended but still wanted sex -- A prostitution sting operation -- Prosecution and defense tools -- Prosecutorial problems in gathering and analyzing evidence -- Using linguistic tools in sexual misconduct cases.
ISBN:
0199926964 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780199926961 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)767974652
LCCN:
2011050346
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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