Accredited Online Courses
This pioneering Forensic Linguistics
course has been on the web since
2003. In this course you are
introduced to Forensic Linguistics in
a straightforward, practical way. You
get right down to the nuts and bolts of
textual assessment and
measurement, comparisons between
texts, transcription skills and the
analysis of suicide and threat texts.
Ideal for both linguists and non-
specialists. Graduates of this course
include police and prison officers,
lawyers and forensic scientists.
Certificate in Forensic
Linguistics
"I have studied the very
interesting techniques in use by
Dr John Olsson, and I firmly
believe these will be of great use
to all Law Enforcement
Personnel at the front line of
crime fighting and detection."
Lt. Al Joseph,
NY Rocherster
PD (ret’d)
Lt. Joseph is the author of
‘We get Confessions’
Diploma in Forensic
Linguistics
For graduate students in Linguistics
and allied disciplines. Builds on and
incorporates the Certificate in Forensic
Linguistics and adds the following
modules: authorship, cell/mobile
phone text authorship, forensic
transcription, case analysis of two
major criminal cases and an
independent research project.
Forensic Transcription
Certificate
Ensuring that language evidence to be used
in court is accurately represented in
transcriptions is essential to a transparent
and fair legal system. In this course you will
learn how to transcribe both audio and
written material to a high standard of
accuracy. The Forensic Transcription course
is ideally suited to those with a strong
interest in making a contribution to the
justice system using their language skills.
Mobile phone texts are now the world’s
favorite communication method. Detecting
their authorship is a skill which can be
acquired by close observation of certain
linguistic patterns. In this course we teach
you how.
This course has been taken by police
officers, psychologists, linguists and
members of the legal profession.
Investigator’s Cell Phone Text
Authorship Certificate
Accreditation is at the heart of modern
education and we are proud to be accredited
by the UK’s foremost distance learning
organization, the Open and Distance
Learning Quality Council
