Language Online Identities Undercover Policing Internet Sexual Cr… 9781108487306

Language and Online IdentitiesThe Undercover Policing of Internet Sexual Crime\nAuthor(s): Tim Grant, Nicci MacLeod\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108487306, 978-1108487306\nSynopsis\nForensic linguistics is at the cutting edge of the undercover policing of child sexual abuse on the open internet and dark web, and language and identity is a fundamental part of this. The authors have drawn on their extensive experience in training undercover officers to develop innovative methods in identifying the creation and performance of online personas, crucial in detecting identity disguise online. This groundbreaking book demonstrates these methods through case studies, whilst also exploring the link between language and identity. By bringing together previously opposed positions in forensic authorship analysis, the book develops a novel theory of linguistic identity, which will resonate not just in fo.