A Psychological and Linguistic Portrait of Criminals Introduction to the Discussion

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A Psychological and Linguistic Portrait of Criminals Introduction to the Discussion

Journal Title: Resocjalizacja Polska - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 12

Abstract

The article concerns one of the aspects of forensic linguistics, i.e. establishing authorship of challenged statements. This is done in collaboration with a linguist – who creates a linguistic profile of an author of texts – and a psychologist – who creates a psychological profile. The cooperation of specialists can be used at the level of assessment, which is used for investigation and judicial purposes. Expert opinions in the field of forensic linguistics (German: Forensische Linguistik) include: establishing authorship of a statement based on spoken or written content (e.g. farewell letters, threatening letters, ransom demands); the possibility of establishing authorship of anonymous texts on the Internet, establishing the linguistic characteristics of stalkers and cyberstalkers, which can identify the sender of the message due to country of origin, constructing a linguistic profile of an anonymous text’s author, a linguistic profile of a well-known text’s author. It should be added that the analysis of content-linguistic content of documents contains an emotional component, which is related to our knowledge about the determinants of language to express emotions, both negative and positive. An important element of the text is the matter of the psychological portrait of the sender (author and/or performer) of the text based on the identified linguistic features.

Authors and Affiliations

Jadwiga Stawnicka, Iwona Klonowska

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Sprawozdanie z Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej „Uwarunkowania efektywności wsparcia osób zagrożonych ekskluzją społeczną” Środa Wielkopolska, 25–26.05.2015 r.

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EP ID EP173275
DOI 10.22432/2016.12.03
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