FORENSIC LINGUISTICS AND POLICE WORK: STATE AND CHALLENGES
Keywords:
forenzička lingvistika (FL), analiza diskursa (DA), kritička analiza diskursa (CDA), jezik, policijaAbstract
FORENSIC LINGUISTICS AND POLICE WORK: STATE AND CHALLENGES
Jelena Vojinović-Kostić, Ph.D. Professor[1]
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republic of Srpska, Administration for Police Education, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
GOAL
The work before us aims to shed light on the importance of forensic linguistics in the performance of goals and tasks set before the police by tasks that are within its scope of work, the position of forensic linguistics and its application in police work today, the possibilities of application and development.
METHODS
The methods we use in this paper are the methods of analysis and synthesis with an emphasis on case analysis.
FINDINGS
Forensic linguistics as a branch of applied linguistics is insufficiently known to the police in our area, in relation to the level of its applicability in police affairs, and it is necessary to permanently point out its importance and the possibilities it provides in the evidentiary process and in the prevention of criminal offenses from terrorism and beyond.
IMPORTANCE
The significance of this work is in illuminating forensic linguistics and pointing out its usable capacities in the process of collecting data and evidence by judicial authorities and the police.
Keywords: linguistics, forensics, forensic linguistics, police.
About the author
Professor Dr. Jelena Vojinović-Kostić, completed her basic studies in general linguistics at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, where she obtained a master's degree (major: Language Science) and then a doctorate (specialist field: Discourse Analysis). She worked as an assistant at the same faculty, assistant professor and associate professor at the Pan-European University "Apeiron", Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska. The author is a research associate at the Institute for Serbian Culture Priština-Leposavić, Republic of Serbia, permanently employed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska, Directorate for Police Education, in the position of senior professional associate for scientific and research work.
She is the author of several scientific papers in the field of linguistics and two monographic publications; participant of numerous scientific gatherings and conferences.
[1] Jelena.Vojinovic-Kostic@mup.vladars.rs; jellianna@gmail.com
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