Beschreibung
In everyday circumstances, speaker recognition is not a problem as long as the speaker or conversation partner is known and familiar. If speaker recognition becomes forensically significant, the question arises as to the certainty with which an identification or verification can be accepted in a court. Examples can be given for the identification of speakers who are involved in or suspected of criminal acts such as blackmail, robbery, threats, slander, murder, and many other crimes.
How can the language skills of the suspect be determined? Can a speaker analysis identify the speaker of the suspect beyond any doubt and with certainty in court? Can forensic phonetics be used successfully? Can a speaker comparison between different language systems be successful? The present research volume is intended to present some of the most important analytical methods in practice and to show possible solutions. Some briefly presented practical cases illustrate the topic and round it off. For the best possible understanding of the language, the volume was published bilingually in German and English.
Autorenportrait
Dr. Stefan K. Braun has a Media Engineering Degree and a second degree in the “Authorized Expert” programme (Dipl.-Sachverständiger BWA). He received his doctorate at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). Since 2012 he has been publicly certified expert (media production and media design). In 2018 he was called as a commercial judge at the district court of Frankfurt am Main.
