Helen Fraser

A Framework for Deciding How to Create and Evaluate Transcripts for Forensic and Other Purposes

H Fraser

Journal article  |  2022  |  Frontiers in Communication

Transcripts are used successfully in many areas of contemporary society. However, some uses of transcripts show systemic problems,..

The development of legal procedures for using a transcript to assist the jury in understanding indistinct covert recordings used as evidence in Australian criminal trials: A history in three key cases

Helen Fraser

Journal article  |  2021  |  Language and Law

The use of police transcripts to assist a jury in determining the content of indistinct forensic audio is a cause of concern to ma..

Injustice Arising from the Unnoticed Power of Priming: How Lawyers and Even Judges can be Misled by Unreliable Transcripts of Indistinct Forensic Audio

Helen Fraser, Yuko Kinoshita

Journal article  |  2021  |  Criminal Law Journal

Current law allows police transcripts to assist juries in understanding the content of indistinct forensic audio – with a number o..

Forensic Transcription: Legal and scientific perspectives

Helen Fraser

Journal article  |  2021  |  Studi AISV

Audio recordings are often used as forensic evidence in criminal trials. Unfortunately, they are often of very poor quality, meani..

Introducing the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence

Helen Fraser

Journal article  |  2020  |  Judicial Officers' Bulletin

The Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence has recently been established in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The..

Acoustic injustice: The experience of listening to indistinct covert recordings presented as evidence in court

Helen Fraser, Debbie Loakes

Journal article  |  2020  |  Law Text Culture

Audio recorded by hidden listening devices can provide powerful evidence in criminal trials. Unfortunately these covert recordings..

The Role of Native Speakers in LADO: Are We Missing a More Important Question?

H Fraser

Book Chapter  |  2019

The role of native speakers has been a topic of contention among scholars of LADO (Language Analysis for the Determination of Orig..

The reliability of voice recognition by ‘ear witnesses’: An overview of research findings

Helen Fraser

Journal article  |  2019  |  Language and Law=Linguagem e Direito

Forensic Transcription: How Confident False Beliefs about Language and Speech Threaten the Right to a Fair Trial in Australia

H Fraser

Journal article  |  2018  |  Australian Journal of Linguistics

Everyday knowledge about language and speech, or ‘folk linguistics’, incorporates a number of false beliefs that have a negative e..

"Assisting' listeners to hear words that aren't there: dangers in using police transcripts of indistinct covert recordings

Helen Fraser

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Results are reported of a new experiment using an indistinct covert recording from a real murder trial, along with the police tran..