Signs of Crime by Marcel Danesi - 9781614515524

Signs of CrimeIntroducing Forensic Semiotics\nAuthor(s): Marcel Danesi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, United States\nImprint: De Gruyter Mouton\nISBN-13: 9781614515524, 978-1614515524\nSynopsis\nThis 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.