VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION IN THE COURTROOM

• NCJ Number: 11681
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1973) Pages: 232-236
• Author(s): J W GOCKE; W A OLENIEWSKI
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HISTORY OF THE GRADUAL ACCEPTANCE OF VOICEPRINT SPECTROGRAMS, WHICH ARE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HUMAN VOICE, AS LEGAL EVIDENCE IN COURT.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE HISTORY OF VOICEPRINTS, FROM THE PRIMARY WORK OF LAWRENCE G. KERSTA THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS MADE BY DR. OSCAR TOSI, RELATING EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS TO LEGAL ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE IN SEVERAL SPECIFIC CASES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE DILEMMA OF SCIENTIFIC DISAGREEMENT AS TO THE VALIDITY OF VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION NO LONGER SEEMS AN OBSTACLE TO A MORE WIDESPREAD USE OF THIS TECHNIQUE IN THE COURTROOM.