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
UR - http://www.scienceandjusticejournal.com/article/S1355-0306(09)00135-X/fulltext
U2 - 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.002
M3 - Letter, comment/opinion or interview
C2 - 20120610
AN - SCOPUS:71649104907
SN - 1355-0306
VL - 49
SP - 298
EP - 308
JO - Science and Justice
JF - Science and Justice
IS - 4
ER -