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The Acoustics of Crime

The New Science of Forensic Phonetics

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Harry Hollien

    1. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Basics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 3-12

    3. Simple Acoustics

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 13-42

    4. Speech Characteristics

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 43-69

    5. Basic Equipment

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 71-101

  3. Problems with Tape Recordings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Electronic Surveillance

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 105-125

    3. The Problem of Noisy Tape Recordings

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 127-146

    4. Speech Decoding and Transcripts

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 147-159

    5. Authentication of Tape Recordings

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 161-185

  4. Speaker Identification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Historical Issues and Perceptual Identification

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 189-205

    3. The “Voiceprint” Problem

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 207-230

    4. Machine/Computer Approaches

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 231-252

  5. Stress in Voice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Psychological Stress and Psychosis

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 255-271

    3. Vocal Stress/Lie Detectors

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 273-289

  6. Related Areas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Signatures: Machine and Acoustic

      • Harry Hollien
      Pages 293-315
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About this book

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.

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  • University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Harry Hollien

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