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Original Articles

‘Assisting’ listeners to hear words that aren’t there: dangers in using police transcripts of indistinct covert recordings

Pages 129-139 | Received 05 Jun 2017, Accepted 07 Jun 2017, Published online: 06 Jul 2017

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