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  1. Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Lorna Fadden

  2. Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, 3601 Watt Way, GFS 301, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-1693, USA

    Sandra Ferrari Disner

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  1. Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  2. VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gerben Bruinsma

  3. Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    David Weisburd

  4. Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

    David Weisburd

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Fadden, L., Disner, S.F. (2014). Forensic Linguistics. In: Bruinsma, G., Weisburd, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_534

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