Forensic Linguistics

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Forensic Linguistics

Hofstra University, NY

One-Week Intensive Course

Monday, June 16 - Friday, June 20, 2008

 

Learn Cutting-Edge Research Techniques from Top Experts!

 

In this intensive one-week course—a case-based approach to solving legal and law enforcement problems through linguistic analysis—two top experts in the field, ROBERT LEONARD & JAMES FITZGERALD, will inform, educate and intrigue you.

 

Forensic Linguistics augments legal analysis by applying rigorous,

 

scientifically accepted linguistics principles to legal evidence in order to

 

respond to domestic and foreign terror campaigns, threats to

 

government, officials, workplace, schools, and private individuals,

 

and extortion, ransom notes, criminal intelligence disinformation, and

 

intercepted communications.

 

Case studies used in class are largely those worked by Fitzgerald and/or Leonard, including the JonBenet Ramsey case, UNABOMBER case, NFL Terrorism Threat case, Philadelphia Bombing case, Anthrax case, Daniel Pearl case, Barbie Doll case, DC Sniper case, UK School Bus Bombing Threat/Extortion case, and the Hummert Murder case (subject of TV’s Forensic Files: A Tight Leash).

 

Offered for either graduate credit or a professional advancement certificate. Earn 3 graduate credits in just 5 intensive days!

 

SAMPLE APPLICATIONS OF LINGUISTICS

 

Demographic Linguistic Profiles...dialectology, sociolinguistics and linguistic variation analyses indicate a writer’s regional and local geographic origin, education level, occupational training, gender, native language and other features discernable from the structure, phrasing, vocabulary, fluency, syntax, and phonological representation of the critical communication.

 

Authorship Analysis...who is the possible author? Investigation and litigation support of identification conclusions and identification of anonymous authors.

 

Threat Level Analysis...state-of-the-art techniques, based on thousands of FBI cases, assess the probability of harm. When a threat is made, how should it be responded to? How likely is the threat to be carried out? How can the author be found? What are the overlaps between Threat Assessment and Forensic Linguistics?

 

To register or for more information, visit ccepa.hofstra.edu,

 

call (516) 463-7800 or e-mail [email protected]

[alexander]

nice of you to post this (you realize that this looks suspiciously like that activity that violates the tos here? You know, that delicious 4 letter word, spam...)

 

Also can you post reference, as a linguist youshould know that that is technically plagiarism.

 

For the future, if you want to paste a course or something, a brief description, and a link to the website, and some thoughts on the subject would do well :confused:

 

something like

 

I was looking through a list of college courses for Hofstra University, i found an interesting one; its a course in forensic linguistics ... bla bla bla... you get the idea, and then follow all of that up with a link for more info:

 

Hofstra University: CCEPA - Forensic Studies - Forensic Linguistics

 

(and i am not doing this to be a prick, but if i didnt know that you posted in the intro section, and see the good intensions, i would have just deleted that post as spam...(being blatantly honest))