Abstract
Suspects employ diverse strategies to take or deny the responsibility of committing a particular crime for which they are interrogated. This paper examined how responsibilities are negotiated, to identify the strategies used to responsibilise and deresponsibilise crimes. Levinson’s Activity type and Caffi’s concepts of responsibilisation and deresponsibilisation serve as the theoretical anchors for the study. Interrogation sessions which included different case types were conducted at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Nine strategies for (de)responsibilisation and six speech acts were identified. Suspects (de)responsibilise during interrogation to achieve personal goals of accepting or rejecting culpability.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 172-192 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISSN | 2473-2850 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Bibliographical note
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UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Research areas and keywords
- (De)responsibilisation
- conversational maxims
- police-suspect interrogation
- English
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Applied Psychology
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden (gefödert durch Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung)
Barron, A. (Project manager, academic) & Osisanwo, A. (Project staff)
01.09.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
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