The Eastman transcripts: A case study calling Australian linguists to action against legal misconceptions about language in forensic evidence.

This paper presents a new case study examining the use of police transcripts to assist the court in understanding poor-quality forensic audio admitted as evidence in criminal trials. The 1995 trial it studies was the first major Australian case to include extensive expert opinions about police trans...

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Published in:	Australian Journal of Linguistics Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 314 - 342
Main Author:	Fraser, Helen
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2023
Subjects:	Linguists Linguistics Legal procedure Criminal evidence Forensic psychology Criminal trials
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