RT Article
T1 “Okay sir, I’m gonna ask you to sign here”: Closing sequences as collaborative social action in traffic encounters
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 24
IS 4
SP 798
OP 818
A1 Shon, Phillip Chong Ho 19XX-
A1 Fernandes, Ashton
A2 Fernandes, Ashton
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902694139
AB The police are more likely to arrest, write citations, and reciprocate with coercive responses that involve warnings and threats when citizens disrespect and resist the police. Warnings in natural discourse are considered to be benevolent and differ from threats only in the intention and attitude of those who issue such speech acts. This article examines how ordinary features of talk-in-interaction are adapted to meet the institutional exigencies of patrol work, and how the interactional order of closing sequences in traffic encounters are collaboratively produced by police and drivers alike. We analyze 50 traffic encounters involving mundane infractions such as speeding and running a red light from the United States using principles of conversation analysis. Our findings indicate that closing sequences can be viewed as mutually accomplished social action in three distinct ways that are similar to and different from ordinary conversations. The implications for police studies and procedural justice research are discussed.
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 police-citizen encounters
K1 Police Behavior
K1 Demeanor
K1 Closing sequences
DO 10.1177/17488958221116324