Marianne Mason is an Associate Professor at James Madison University. Notable publications include The Discourse of Police Interviews (co-edited, 2020) and Courtroom Interpreting (2008). In 2018, she received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship.

• 1. Introduction; 2. In the judges' own words: the law and custodial interrogation in the United States; 3. Police interrogation in the United States: from the Reid technique to the high value detainee interrogation group report; 4. The invocation game: the prelude to custodial interrogation; 5. Invocations for counsel, the rulings and the courts: a statistical analysis of the corpus; 6. Police interrogation reform in the United States: paths to consider; Appendices; Index.

'This work provides an in-depth analysis of police interrogations over time and proposes a new innovative methodology for their analysis. Undoubtedly, a great contribution to the judicial world.' Sheila Queralt, Forensic Linguist, Director at Laboratorio SQ-Lingüistas Forenses

Marianne Mason is an Associate Professor at James Madison University. Notable publications include The Discourse of Police Interviews (co-edited, 2020) and Courtroom Interpreting (2008). In 2018, she received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship.

• 1. Introduction; 2. In the judges' own words: the law and custodial interrogation in the United States; 3. Police interrogation in the United States: from the Reid technique to the high value detainee interrogation group report; 4. The invocation game: the prelude to custodial interrogation; 5. Invocations for counsel, the rulings and the courts: a statistical analysis of the corpus; 6. Police interrogation reform in the United States: paths to consider; Appendices; Index.

'This work provides an in-depth analysis of police interrogations over time and proposes a new innovative methodology for their analysis. Undoubtedly, a great contribution to the judicial world.' Sheila Queralt, Forensic Linguist, Director at Laboratorio SQ-Lingüistas Forenses

Marianne Mason is an Associate Professor at James Madison University. Notable publications include The Discourse of Police Interviews (co-edited, 2020) and Courtroom Interpreting (2008). In 2018, she received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship.

• 1. Introduction; 2. In the judges' own words: the law and custodial interrogation in the United States; 3. Police interrogation in the United States: from the Reid technique to the high value detainee interrogation group report; 4. The invocation game: the prelude to custodial interrogation; 5. Invocations for counsel, the rulings and the courts: a statistical analysis of the corpus; 6. Police interrogation reform in the United States: paths to consider; Appendices; Index.

'This work provides an in-depth analysis of police interrogations over time and proposes a new innovative methodology for their analysis. Undoubtedly, a great contribution to the judicial world.' Sheila Queralt, Forensic Linguist, Director at Laboratorio SQ-Lingüistas Forenses