Unit 5. A forensic linguistic report

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DOCUMENTING AND REPORTING

Principle: The examiner is responsible for completely and accurately reporting his or her findings and the results of the forensic examination. Documentation is an ongoing process throughout the examination. It is important to accurately record the steps taken during the examination.

Procedure: All documentation should be complete, accurate, and comprehensive. The resulting report should be written for the intended audience.

Examiner's notes

Documentation should be contemporaneous with the examination, and retention of notes should be consistent with departmental policies. The following is a list of general considerations that may assist the examiner throughout the documentation process.

- Take notes when consulting with the case investigator and/or prosecutor.

- Maintain a copy of the search authority with the case notes.

- Maintain the initial request for assistance with the case file.

- Maintain a copy of chain of custody documentation.

- Make notes detailed enough to allow complete duplication of actions.

- Include in the notes dates, times, and descriptions and results of actions taken.

- Document irregularities encountered and any actions taken regarding the irregularities

during the examination.

The structure of the linguist’s statement will follow the report style of the empirical sciences, something along these lines:

1. Summary (equivalent to the abstract of an academic paper).

2. Articulation of problem (research problem and statement of hypotheses).

3. Upfront statement of opinion (usually at the end of an academic paper).

4. Previous work: Linguistic studies related to identified variables or legal precedents related to problem or variation (often best handled by attorney).

5. Method. Outline the research tasks that match the specified problem; data collection and organization; data analysis.

6. Findings.

7. Discussion.

8. Conclusion:

(9.) Identification

(8.) Highly probably did write

(7.) Probably did write

(6.) Indications did write

(5.) Inconclusive

(4.) Indications did not write

(3.) Probably did not write

(2.) Highly probably did not write

(1.) Elimination

Glossary

A glossary may be included with the report to assist the reader in understanding any tech­nical terms used. Use a generally accepted source for the definition of the terms and include appropriate references.

Напишите деловое письмо. Перепишите список общих рекомендаций по ведению документации во время проведения судебной экспертизы и написанию экспертного заключения. Используйте модальные глаголы и формулы вежливости вместо глаголов в повелительном наклонении. Воспользуйтесь советами по составлению делового письма, данными ниже и материалами Модуля 4.

3. Посмотрите на мониторы компьютеров и определите, какие виды документов находятся в работе.

Прочитайте экспертное заключение, написанное ведущим экспертом-лингвистом Майклом Хейсером по поводу секретных документов Пентагона США об НЛО. Заполните таблицу, представляющую собой типовую структуру экспертного заключения, описанную в предыдущем тексте, кратко сформулированной информацией из заключения.

SUMMARY
ARTICULATION OF PROBLEM
PREVIOUS WORK
METHOD
FINDINGS.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION

The Majestic Documents: