The Acoustics of Crime : The New Science of Forensic Phonetics / by Harry Hollien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollien, Harry., Author.

Series:

Applied Psycholinguistics and Communication Disorders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Linguistics.

Language and languages--Style.

Language and languages.

Criminology.

Political science.

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.

Stylistics.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.

Linguistics.

Stylistics.

Criminology.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 370 p. 33 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1990.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are many reasons for writing a book; this one was conceived and devel­ oped mainly for two. First, a new area has emerged from within the forensic sciences-that of forensic phonetics. As with all new specialties, it is necessary to define it, identify its boundaries, justify its importance and compile a list of the elements it encompasses. This book attempts to outline these several rela­ tionships. Second, over the past decade I have become fascinated with forensics in general and the rapidly expanded subarea of forensic phonetics in particular. Admittedly, the latter field is one that is not as yet sufficiently appreciated-and much more needs to be known about its nature and extent. Yet, I have found it to be a most enjoyable area of study and my attempts to describe its domains were quite informative. It was especially interesting to struggle with the interfaces between forensic phonetics and related fields, and discover how they overlap. Only a few comments will be made about the book's contents here in the preface. For one thing, they are described in some detail in the first chapter.

Contents:

I The Basics

1 Introduction

2 Simple Acoustics

3 Speech Characteristics

4 Basic Equipment

II Problems with Tape Recordings

5 Electronic Surveillance

6 The Problem of Noisy Tape Recordings

7 Speech Decoding and Transcripts

8 Authentication of Tape Recordings

III Speaker Identification

9 Historical Issues and Perceptual Identification

10 The “Voiceprint” Problem

11 Machine/Computer Approaches

IV Stress in Voice

12 Psychological Stress and Psychosis

13 Vocal Stress/Lie Detectors

V Related Areas

14 Signatures: Machine and Acoustic

15 Related Areas and Specialties

16 On Ethics and Responsibilities

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4899-0673-8