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The language of sexual misconduct cases

Title: The language of sexual misconduct cases [electronic resource] / Roger W. Shuy.
Author: Shuy, Roger W.
Publication: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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1 online resource (229 p.)

Uniform Title

Language of sexual misconduct cases (Online)

Alternative Title

Language of sexual misconduct cases (Online)

Subject

Sex crimes > Law and legislation > United States > Cases
Sexual harassment > Law and legislation > United States > Cases
Child sexual abuse > Law and legislation > United States > Cases
Sex and law > United States > Interpretation and construction
Law > United States > Language

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.

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Contents

Introduction -- A brief overview of sexual misconduct law and prosecution -- Section One -- Sexual misconduct in the workplace -- Fighting off a quid pro quo proposition -- A patient confuses her doctor -- The sheriff who didn't know what hit him -- Even senators get in trouble sometimes -- Section Two -- Sexual misconduct of an adult with a child -- One nightmare leads to another -- Big trouble at a birthday party -- Remembering sexual misconduct -- On climbing into the wrong bed -- Section Three -- Sexual misconduct of an adult with another adult -- A dinner date that went very wrong -- Unintended but still wanted sex -- A prostitution sting operation -- Section Four -- Prosecution and defense tools -- Prosecutorial problems in gathering and analyzing evidence -- Using linguistic tools in sexual misconduct cases.

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