Forensic Speaker Identification (International Forensic Science and Investigation) - Hardcover

Rose, Phil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415271827 ISBN 13: 9780415271820

Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

Synopsis

A voice is much more than just a string of words. Voices, unlike fingerprints, are inherently complex. They signal a great deal of information in addition to the intended message: the speakers' sex, for example, or their emotional state, or age. Although evidence from DNA analysis grabs the headlines, DNA can't talk. It can't be recorded planning, carrying-out or confessing to a crime. It can't be so apparently directly incriminating. Perhaps it is these features that contribute to the interest and importance of Forensic Speaker Identification (FSI)

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Phil Rose

From the Back Cover

Forensic Speaker Identification explains what FSI involves, and clarifies the problems of inferring identity from speech under the less than ideal conditions typical in forensics. The text discusses the complexities of voice sample comparison, the probabilistic nature of the technique, the difficulties introduced by differential variation within and between voices, and the expertise required in linguistics and acoustics. Written for forensic scientists, the legal profession and law enforcement officers, this book is also accessible to those with no previous knowledge of FSI and can be used as a base for teaching tertiary level courses in aspects of phonetics.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415271827
• ISBN 13: 9780415271820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380