by Carole Chaski | Aug 7, 2012 | author identification, Daubert standards, expert witness, forensic science, Frye standard
When I arrived at the National Institute of Justice to begin my Visiting Research Fellowship in 1995, my program manager Dick Rau mentioned that he had a job for me. I was expected to provide some technical support to NIJ staff, but I certainly did not expect what...
by Carole Chaski | Jul 31, 2012 | Daubert standards, forensic science, Frye standard, legal evidence, NAS Report
Apparently I am not the only person who sees forensic linguistics as dangerously like the forensic sciences deemed in need of science by the NAS Report. Just a week or two ago, The New Yorker published an article by Jack Hitt, a comedian (no kidding) and reporter. In...
by Carole Chaski | Jul 28, 2012 | Daubert standards, expert witness, forensic science, Frye standard, NAS Report
Forensic linguistics is a perfect example of the three loopholes that the NAS Report doesn’t address. (1) A lot of judges, prosecutors, defense and plaintiff attorneys approach linguistic issues (such as who authored the blog post? is this a real threat letter?)...
