Helen Fraser

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..

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..

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..

Real forensic experts should pay more attention to the dangers posed by "ad hoc experts'

Helen Fraser

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

How Interpretation of Indistinct Covert Recordings Can Lead to Wrongful Conviction: A Case Study and Recommendations for Reform

Helen Fraser

Book Chapter  |  2017

The Power and Persistence of Contextual Priming: More Risks in Using Police Transcripts to Aid Jurors' Perception of Poor Quality Covert Recordings

Helen Fraser, Bruce Stevenson

Journal article  |  2014  |  The International Journal of Evidence & Proof

A poor quality covert recording from an Australian murder case, along with the police transcript used in the trial but later shown..