Signs of Crime: Introducing Forensic Semiotics

Marcel Danesi

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2014

Signs of Crime

Introducing Forensic Semiotics

Marcel Danesi

In the series Mouton Textbook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513162

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About this book

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.

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Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures and Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Forensics and Semiotics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
Chapter 2. Signs of Deception Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Chapter 3. Signs of Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter 4. The Language of Crime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter 5. The Criminal Mind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Chapter 6. Symbols and Rituals of Crime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 7. Criminality and Its Representations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Semioticians, Criminologists, Psychologists, Linguists, Forensic and other Behavioral Scientists and Students.
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 180
Keywords: Semiotics; Forensics

eBook

Published: November 27, 2013
ISBN: 9781614513162