The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics,
approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It …

Despite the controversial discussion around the definition and extent of the role of
interpreters in legal settings (Hale, 2008), academics, practisearchers and increasingly …

Where legal-lay communication involves linguistic difference between participants,
institutional and scholarly responses have long focused on the translation of propositional …

The aim of this research was to compare the quality of language services and of linguistic
evidence obtained in UK police interviews and US police interrogations with suspects …

This article presents the findings of the analysis of authentic interpreter-mediated police
interviews with victim-survivors of domestic abuse with a focus on question formation and …

This chapter discusses the underlying theoretical and empirical issues concerned in drafting
guidance for interpreters working in charitable organisations that provide support services …

Globalization has brought ever larger numbers of people to places where the local legal
systems were not used to dealing with speakers of other languages, or if they were, with only …

This article examines the potential vulnerability of deaf female British Sign Language (BSL)
signers who experience domestic violence (DV) in reporting DV and accessing information …

Museums serve as repositories and exhibitors of cultural artifacts, playing a vital role in
international cultural exchange. In the digital era, advancements in Artificial Intelligence and …

Interpreters enable police to gather key evidentiary information during interviews with
victims, witnesses, and suspects who are foreign language speakers. However, words and …