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Signs of Crime
Introducing Forensic Semiotics
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Marcel Danesi
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English
Published/Copyright:
2014
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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Table of contents
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List of Figures and Tables
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. Forensics and Semiotics
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Chapter 2. Signs of Deception
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Chapter 3. Signs of Identity
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Chapter 4. The Language of Crime
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Chapter 5. The Criminal Mind
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Chapter 6. Symbols and Rituals of Crime
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Chapter 7. Criminality and Its Representations
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Conclusion
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Glossary
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References
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Index
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November 27, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9781614513162
Hardcover published on:
November 15, 2013
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9781614515524
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Audience(s) for this book
Semioticians, Criminologists, Psychologists, Linguists, Forensic and other Behavioral Scientists and Students.
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