Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2023.60.147.189
Application of Forensic Acoustics and Phonetics in Criminal Proceedings with Special Reference to Examination of Voice Records
Marina Carić
orcid.org/0009-0008-6587-3511
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Ljiljana Širić
orcid.org/0000-0001-6294-9156
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek
Sažetak
Expert examination in criminal proceedings is an evidentiary action the conduct of which
seeks to establish relevant facts for assessing the existence of elements of a criminal offense or for
assessing elements about the perpetrator and the circumstances of the commission of a criminal
offense. Expert examining of sound and voice recordings, as well as expert examining of disorders
in voice, speech and language belong to a specific interdisciplinary field called “forensic acoustics
and phonetics” which unites biomedical, technical and social sciences and which is entrusted to
experienced experts of certain formal education due to spatial – technical conditions, the complexity
of the expertise itself and the need to respect scientific and professional accredited methods that
determine the facts relevant to a particular court case. This paper presents legal and speech language
pathology aspects of expert examining, as well as fundamental and applied possibilities of forensic
acoustics and phonetics, and special attention is paid to expert examining of voice recordings and
voice – speech language pathology in criminal proceedings with listed and analyzed examples
from previous cases and harmonization of work and manner of conduct during reconnaissance and
evidentiary actions in criminal proceedings. Fundamental criticism of practice to date is of the very
rare application of expert examination in forensic acoustics and phonetics which is mainly related to
telecommunication examination., and considerably less to cyber or acoustic examination. Criticism
is also levelled at the fact that there is an exceptionally small number of educated expert examiners
in this area. Also, some solutions de lege ferenda are proffered. These solutions are related to wider
application in the practice of expert examination of forensic acoustics and phonetics as well as to
certain interventions in law.
Ključne riječi
forensics; criminal proceeding; speech therapist; expert; voice expertise; speech expertise.
Hrčak ID:
296640
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.3.2023.
Posjeta: 728 *