TY - CHAP
T1 - Law and Emotion with Specific Regard to Police and Forensic Aspects
AU - Gomez-Bedoya, Maria
PY - 2023/5/8
Y1 - 2023/5/8
N2 - The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview of how emotions are dealt with in legal settings, with specific emphasis on police interviews. In a context where emotions are constrained by the nature of the interactions, expressing feelings and establishing rapport becomes challenging and language becomes essential in these interactions. The specific circumstances of police settings make the participants experience power asymmetry, which may lead to difficulties in expressing and showing emotion, or conversely, in displaying and expressing too much emotion. It is through verbal and non-verbal communication that emotions are expressed and from which different perceptions may be inferred. The following pages will provide an overview of how communication is at the core of legal settings, how language can enhance or hinder the outcomes of police interviews with suspects, victims or witnesses, and how the language of empathy and rapport becomes essential in the success of legal interactions.
AB - The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview of how emotions are dealt with in legal settings, with specific emphasis on police interviews. In a context where emotions are constrained by the nature of the interactions, expressing feelings and establishing rapport becomes challenging and language becomes essential in these interactions. The specific circumstances of police settings make the participants experience power asymmetry, which may lead to difficulties in expressing and showing emotion, or conversely, in displaying and expressing too much emotion. It is through verbal and non-verbal communication that emotions are expressed and from which different perceptions may be inferred. The following pages will provide an overview of how communication is at the core of legal settings, how language can enhance or hinder the outcomes of police interviews with suspects, victims or witnesses, and how the language of empathy and rapport becomes essential in the success of legal interactions.
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U2 - 10.1515/9783110795486-030
DO - 10.1515/9783110795486-030
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9783110795417
VL - 46/3
T3 - Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK]
SP - 1944
EP - 1961
BT - Language and Emotion
A2 - Schiewer, Gesine Lenore
A2 - Altarriba, Jeanette
A2 - Ng, Bee Chin
PB - De Gruyter Mouton
CY - Germany
ER -