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The acoustics of crime : the new science of forensic phonetics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hollien, Harry Francis, 1926-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1990]
Series:Applied psycholinguistics and communication disorders.
Subjects:
Criminal investigation.
Forensic phonetics.
Forensic acoustics.
Criminalistiek.
Fonetiek.
Forensische linguïstiek.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The basics. 1. Introduction : The focus of the book ; What the book is all about
  • 2. Simple acoustics : Sound ; Speech
  • 3. Speech characteristics : How speech is produced ; Human hearing ; Phonetics
  • 4. Basic equipment : Transducers ; Tape recorders ; Analysis equipment ; Computers
  • pt. II. Problems with tape recordings. 5. Electronic surveillance : The body bug ; Telephone taps and room monitoring ; From the simple to the sublime
  • 6. The problem of noisy tape recordings : The problem and its sources ; Basic techniques of speech enhancement
  • 7. Speech decoding and transcripts : Perspectives about decoding ; The decoder ; The mechanics of decoding
  • 8. Authentication of tape recordings : The problem ; General procedures ; Preliminary steps ; Laboratory examination ; The minimization process ; Authentication of videotapes
  • pt. III. Speaker identification. 9. Historical issues and perceptual identification : Definitions ; Perspectives ; An historical overview ; Basic aural-perceptual research ; A practical application ; A second approach
  • 10. The "voiceprint" problem : Perspectives about "voiceprints/grams" ; The "voiceprint" method ; The problem of "voiceprint" validation ; The "voiceprint examiner"
  • 11. Machine/computer approaches : Perspectives and definitions ; Approaching the puzzle of speaker identification ; A response to the problem ; The nature of the system developed
  • pt. IV. Stress in voice. 12. Psychological stress and psychosis : Psychological stress ; Vocal indicators of psychosis
  • 13. Vocal stress/lie detectors : The lie response ; Polygraphy ; Analysis by voice ; The voice analyzers ; An experimental approach to the problem ; Social issues
  • pt. V. Related areas : Signatures: machine and acoustic : Machine signatures ; Signatures of noises
  • 15. Related areas and specialties : Linguistic analysis ; Audition ; Pirating tape recordings ; Computers
  • 16. On ethics and responsibilities : Problems and dilemmas ; Who is an expert? ; Functional conflicts.