Abstract
In studies of storytelling in courtroom discourse (Bennett & Feldman, 1981; Jackson, 1991; Maley & Fahey, 1991; Snedaker, 1991), interaction is viewed as a process of ‘reconstructing realities’, in which competing versions of events are presented (see also Gibbons, 2003). While they may not be so much of a battle as courtroom interaction, Johnson (2006) argues that police interviews contain narrative elements, claiming that there are ‘free-narrative and elicited narrative sections’ that are co-constructed interactively (p. 669). This chapter explores the impact of interpreter mediation on questioning in police interviews, approaching questioning and questioning strategies as an integral part of constructing police versions of events in relation to alleged crimes. The focus of analysis is on how the mediation affects the level of control that police interviewers have over interview discourse. Construction of realities on the part of suspects will be examined in the next chapter.
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