by Carole Chaski | Oct 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
The schedule for the TALE 2015 annual winter meeting is ready and available at the TALE Conferences page. TALE winter meeting is held with our sister society the Linguistic Society of America, this year in Portland, OR. Highlights: a joint LSA/TALE symposium on...
by Carole Chaski | Mar 20, 2014 | Daubert standards, forensic linguistics, forensic science, ground truth data, legal evidence, science, validation testing
Recently a case in Texas has highlighted the idea that the law can respond to changes in forensic science, especially when a previously accepted forensic technique is shown to be “junk science.” The case is reported about in the Texas Public radio website...
by Carole Chaski | Oct 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Through a Google Alert, I found out about Andrew Hodges, MD who is being touted as originator of a new, cutting edge “psycholinguistic” technique of “reading between the lines” and being able to show people confessing to crimes that they are...
by Carole Chaski | Oct 25, 2012 | ethics, forensic science, Uncategorized
Check out this article about Sgt Larry Barksdale http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/former-police-officer-sharing-a-lifetime-of-experience/article_833c79b4-00fd-543e-8de0-3b7eab673182.html This is a great tribute to a great forensic scientist...
by Carole Chaski | Oct 16, 2012 | forensic linguistics, forensic science
In the Spring semester (Spring 2013), I’ll be teaching a graduate seminar at George Washington University in Washington DC. The Course FORS 6290 Selected Topics; Forensic Linguistics will meet at the Mount Vernon Campus, Ames B104 on Monday evenings 6:10 pm to...
