Forensic voice comparison and the paradigm shift

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002

Forensic voice comparison and the paradigm shift

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

101 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the forensic comparison sciences. The new paradigm can be characterised as quantitative data-based implementation of the likelihood-ratio framework with quantitative evaluation of the reliability of results. The new paradigm was widely adopted for DNA profile comparison in the 1990s, and is gradually spreading to other branches of forensic science, including forensic voice comparison. The present paper first describes the new paradigm, then describes the history of its adoption for forensic voice comparison over approximately the last decade. The paradigm shift is incomplete and those working in the new paradigm still represent a minority within the forensic-voice-comparison community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-308
Number of pages	11
Journal	Science and Justice
Volume	49
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002
Publication status	Published - Dec 2009

Access to Document

10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002

Cite this

@article{868536b72aa34817abf8ae7ac0ac11d3,

title = "Forensic voice comparison and the paradigm shift",

abstract = "We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the forensic comparison sciences. The new paradigm can be characterised as quantitative data-based implementation of the likelihood-ratio framework with quantitative evaluation of the reliability of results. The new paradigm was widely adopted for DNA profile comparison in the 1990s, and is gradually spreading to other branches of forensic science, including forensic voice comparison. The present paper first describes the new paradigm, then describes the history of its adoption for forensic voice comparison over approximately the last decade. The paradigm shift is incomplete and those working in the new paradigm still represent a minority within the forensic-voice-comparison community.",

keywords = "Forensic speaker identification, Forensic speaker recognition, Forensic voice comparison, Likelihood ratio, Paradigm shift, Reliability",

author = "Morrison, {Geoffrey Stewart}",

year = "2009",

month = dec,

doi = "10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002",

language = "English",

volume = "49",

pages = "298--308",

journal = "Science and Justice",

issn = "1355-0306",

publisher = "Forensic Science Society",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Forensic voice comparison and the paradigm shift

AU - Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart

PY - 2009/12

Y1 - 2009/12

N2 - We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the forensic comparison sciences. The new paradigm can be characterised as quantitative data-based implementation of the likelihood-ratio framework with quantitative evaluation of the reliability of results. The new paradigm was widely adopted for DNA profile comparison in the 1990s, and is gradually spreading to other branches of forensic science, including forensic voice comparison. The present paper first describes the new paradigm, then describes the history of its adoption for forensic voice comparison over approximately the last decade. The paradigm shift is incomplete and those working in the new paradigm still represent a minority within the forensic-voice-comparison community.

AB - We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the forensic comparison sciences. The new paradigm can be characterised as quantitative data-based implementation of the likelihood-ratio framework with quantitative evaluation of the reliability of results. The new paradigm was widely adopted for DNA profile comparison in the 1990s, and is gradually spreading to other branches of forensic science, including forensic voice comparison. The present paper first describes the new paradigm, then describes the history of its adoption for forensic voice comparison over approximately the last decade. The paradigm shift is incomplete and those working in the new paradigm still represent a minority within the forensic-voice-comparison community.

KW - Forensic speaker identification

KW - Forensic speaker recognition

KW - Forensic voice comparison

KW - Likelihood ratio

KW - Paradigm shift

KW - Reliability

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=71649104907&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002

DO - 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002

M3 - Letter

SN - 1355-0306

VL - 49

SP - 298

EP - 308

JO - Science and Justice

JF - Science and Justice

IS - 4

ER -

Forensic voice comparison and the paradigm shift

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this