The defendant’s dilemma: Being cooperative without compromising their defence
Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk
Published online on September 15, 2025
Abstract
Discourse Studies, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 214-232, April 2026.
In Chinese criminal trials, defendants face the dual tasks of providing information as “an object of interrogation” and defending themselves as a defendant. Against such a backdrop, they face the dilemma of being cooperative and defensive at the same ...
In Chinese criminal trials, defendants face the dual tasks of providing information as “an object of interrogation” and defending themselves as a defendant. Against such a backdrop, they face the dilemma of being cooperative and defensive at the same ...