Elisabeth Carter is Visiting Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK.

[Analysing Police Interviews] offers detailed insights into the reality behind the myth and mystique of police interviews, providing empirical evidence that may inform and advance police interview training and practice.

• List of figures; List of extracts; 1.Overview; 2. An introduction to police interview research, policing and recorded evidence; 3. An introduction to conversation analysis; history and practice; Part 1: Laughter; 4. Buttressing innocence and challenging the officer: suspect laughter in the interview; 5. Officer laughter: challenging the suspect and breaking the rules; Conclusion to Part 1; Part 2: The silent participant; 6. The silent participant: Institutional constraints, semantic and legal redundancy; 7. The silent participant: Uninitiated third turns; Conclusion to Part 2; Part 3: Confessions; 8. Confessions: Knowledge claims; 9. Confessions: Minimisation; Conclusion to Part 3; Chapter 10. Conclusion; Appendix I. Transcription convention glossary; Appendix II. Additional transcript excerpts; Appendix III. Glossary of technical terms; Appendix IV. Extract from The Bill script; References; Notes; Index.

Elisabeth Carter is Visiting Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK.

[Analysing Police Interviews] offers detailed insights into the reality behind the myth and mystique of police interviews, providing empirical evidence that may inform and advance police interview training and practice.

• List of figures; List of extracts; 1.Overview; 2. An introduction to police interview research, policing and recorded evidence; 3. An introduction to conversation analysis; history and practice; Part 1: Laughter; 4. Buttressing innocence and challenging the officer: suspect laughter in the interview; 5. Officer laughter: challenging the suspect and breaking the rules; Conclusion to Part 1; Part 2: The silent participant; 6. The silent participant: Institutional constraints, semantic and legal redundancy; 7. The silent participant: Uninitiated third turns; Conclusion to Part 2; Part 3: Confessions; 8. Confessions: Knowledge claims; 9. Confessions: Minimisation; Conclusion to Part 3; Chapter 10. Conclusion; Appendix I. Transcription convention glossary; Appendix II. Additional transcript excerpts; Appendix III. Glossary of technical terms; Appendix IV. Extract from The Bill script; References; Notes; Index.

Elisabeth Carter is Visiting Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK.

[Analysing Police Interviews] offers detailed insights into the reality behind the myth and mystique of police interviews, providing empirical evidence that may inform and advance police interview training and practice.

• List of figures; List of extracts; 1.Overview; 2. An introduction to police interview research, policing and recorded evidence; 3. An introduction to conversation analysis; history and practice; Part 1: Laughter; 4. Buttressing innocence and challenging the officer: suspect laughter in the interview; 5. Officer laughter: challenging the suspect and breaking the rules; Conclusion to Part 1; Part 2: The silent participant; 6. The silent participant: Institutional constraints, semantic and legal redundancy; 7. The silent participant: Uninitiated third turns; Conclusion to Part 2; Part 3: Confessions; 8. Confessions: Knowledge claims; 9. Confessions: Minimisation; Conclusion to Part 3; Chapter 10. Conclusion; Appendix I. Transcription convention glossary; Appendix II. Additional transcript excerpts; Appendix III. Glossary of technical terms; Appendix IV. Extract from The Bill script; References; Notes; Index.