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Tell kids not to worry. sorting my life out. be in touch to get some things. Instead of being a simple sms message, this text turned out to be crucial and chilling evidence in convicting the deceptive killer of a mother of two. Sent from her phone, after her death, tell tale signs announce themselves to a forensic linguist. Rarely is a crime committed without there being some evidence in the form of language.  Wordcrime features a series of chapters where gripping cases are described - involving murder, sexual assault, hate mail, suspicious death, code deciphering, arson and even genocide. Olsson describes the evidence he gave in each one. In approachable and clear prose, he details how forensic linguistics helps the law beat the criminals.  This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in true crime, in modern, cutting-edge criminology and also where the study of language meets the law

Who reads Wordcrime : Solving Crime Through Forensic Linguistics?

Author

John Olsson

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826434432

Category

true crime

Subjects

Linguistics, True Crime, Social Science

Rating

4.05 / 5 (72 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14