Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework

Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework Discover more about Forensic Linguistics, a fascinating cross-disciplinary field from an international team of renowned contributors Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework provides an overview of the range of forensic linguistic casework typically found in investigative and judicial contexts. In these case studies, the authors demonstrate how linguistic theory is applied in real-life forensic situations and the constraints and challenges they have to deal with. Drawing on linguistic expertise from the USA and Europe involving casework in English, Spanish, Danish and Portuguese, our contributing practitioners exemplify the most common types of text analysis such as identifying faked texts, suspect profiling, analyzing texts whose authorship is questioned, and giving expert opinions on meaning and understanding. Methodologies and Challenges in Forensic Linguistic Casework is designed for investigators and legal practitioners interested in the use of language analysis for investigative or evidentiary purposes, as well as for students and researchers wanting to understand how linguistic theory and analysis may be applied to solving real-life forensic problems using current best practice.

Series Preface viii Acknowledgements x About the Editors xi 1 Forensic Linguistic Casework 1 Isabel Picornell and Ria Perkins Section 1 2 The Starbuck Case: Methods for Addressing Confirmation Bias in Forensic Authorship Analysis 13 Tim Grant and Jack Grieve 3 A Forensic Authorship Analysis of the Ayia Napa Rape Statement 29 Lisa Donlan and Andrea Nini 4 Linguistic Profiling: A Spanish Case Study 44 Sheila Queralt 5 Other Language Influence Detection: Profiling the Native Language of a Dark Web Pedophile 63 Ria Perkins 6 Forensic Plagiarism Detection and Analysis 77 Rui Sousa Silva Section 2 7 Mourning the Slow Death of Miranda: California v. Ceja 95 Gerald R. McMenamin 8 Detecting Faked Texts 114 Isabel Picornell and Malcolm Coulthard 9 Joining ISIS? A Pragmatic Discourse Analysis of Chat Messages in a Counterterrorism Case 129 Tanya Karoli Christensen 10 "I Wanted to Leave A Long Time Ago": Casework in Suicide Letter Analysis: Methods Used and Lessons Learned 145 I. M. Nick 11 Casework in Forensic Linguistics: Looking Outward 162 Isabel Picornell Index 170