Key references from the Hub

Eades, D., Fraser, H., & Heydon, G. (2023). Forensic Linguistics in Australia: Origins, progress and prospects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McMahon, M., & Fraser, H. (2023). Transcription of indistinct forensic audio: Time for reform. Law Institute of Victoria Journal, (August), 20–23.

Fraser, H. (2023). Applied phonetics and phonology. In L. Wei, Z. Hua, & J. Simpson (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Fraser, H. (2022a). A framework for deciding how to create and evaluate transcripts for forensic and other purposes. Frontiers in Communication, 7 (Capturing Talk), 898410. Retrieved from https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.898410

Fraser, H. (2022b). Forensic transcription: Legal and scientific perspectives. In C. Bernardasci, D. Dipino, D. Garassino, E. Pellegrino, S. Negrinelli, & S. Schmid (Eds.), Speaker Individuality in Phonetics and Speech Sciences: Speech Technology and Forensic Applications (pp. 19–32). Milano: Officinaventuno. Retrieved from https://www.aisv.it/it/studi-aisv.html?start=8

Fraser, H. (2021). 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. Language and Law / Linguagem e Direito, 8(1), 59–75. Retrieved from https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/LLLD/article/view/10953/10026

Fraser, H., & Kinoshita, Y. (2021). Injustice arising from the unnoticed power of priming: How lawyers and even judges can be misled by unreliable transcripts of indistinct forensic audio. Criminal Law Journal, 45(3), 142–152.

Fraser, H., & Loakes, D. (2020). Acoustic injustice: The experience of listening to indistinct covert recordings presented as evidence in court. Law Text Culture, 24, 405–429. Retrieved from https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol24/iss1/16/

Fraser, H. (2020a). Enhancing forensic audio: What works, what doesn’t, and why. Griffith Journal of Law and Human Dignity, 8(1), 85–102.

Fraser, H. (2020b). Forensic transcription: The case for transcription as a dedicated branch of linguistic science. In M. Coulthard, A. May, & R. Sousa-Silva (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics (pp. 416–431). Oxfordshire: Routledge.

Fraser, H. (2020c). Introducing the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence. Judicial Officers’ Bulletin, 32(11), 117–118.

Fraser, H. (2019a). Don’t believe your ears: “enhancing” forensic audio can mislead juries in criminal trials. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/dont-believe-your-ears-enhancing-forensic-audio-can-mislead-juries-in-criminal-trials-113844

Fraser, H. (2019b). The reliability of voice recognition by ear witnesses: An overview of research findings. Language and Law/Linguagem e Direito, 6(2), 1–9.

French, P., & Fraser, H. (2018). Why “ad hoc experts” should not provide transcripts of indistinct forensic audio, and a proposal for a better approach. Criminal Law Journal, 42, 298–302.

Fraser, H. (2018a). Forensic transcription: How confident false beliefs about language and speech threaten the right to a fair trial in Australia. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 38(4), 586–606. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2018.1510760

Fraser, H. (2018b). Thirty years is long enough: It’s time to create a process that ensures covert recordings used as evidence in court are interpreted reliably and fairly. Journal of Judicial Administration, 27(3), 95–104.