Obtaining reference material in a case with two unknown speakers: getting two suspects on speaking terms

Authors

  • A. P.A. Broeders Netherlands Forensic Institute, Rijswijk
  • Tina Cambier-Langeveld Netherlands Forensic Institute, Rijswijk
  • Jos Vermeulen Netherlands Forensic Institute, Rijswijk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/sll.2002.9.1.87

Keywords:

forensic speaker identification, case report, elicitation of spontaneous speech

Abstract

The case reported below involves the verification of the identity of two speakers who made a number of intercepted telephone calls with one another. Two men, one Dutch and one Irish, were suspected of making the calls, which they denied. At the request of the defence a Dutch Court of Appeal commissioned the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), the forensic science laboratory of the Dutch Ministry of Justice, to conduct a comparative speech examination or voice comparison to determine whether the suspects had been involved in the calls, as the police and the prosecution claimed.

Author Biography

  • A. P.A. Broeders, Netherlands Forensic Institute, Rijswijk
    Netherlands Forensic Institute, Rijswijk [email protected]

Published

2002-03-06

Issue

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

Broeders, A. P., Cambier-Langeveld, T., & Vermeulen, J. (2002). Obtaining reference material in a case with two unknown speakers: getting two suspects on speaking terms. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law, 9(1), 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1558/sll.2002.9.1.87