Signs of Crime : : Introducing Forensic Semiotics / / Marcel Danesi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Danesi, Marcel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Table of contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Forensics and Semiotics --; Chapter 2. Signs of Deception --; Chapter 3. Signs of Identity --; Chapter 4. The Language of Crime --; Chapter 5. The Criminal Mind --; Chapter 6. Symbols and Rituals of Crime --; Chapter 7. Criminality and Its Representations --; Conclusion --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781614513162; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110317350; 9783110317244; 9783110317237
• DOI: 10.1515/9781614513162
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marcel Danesi.

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.