/oss/taxonomy/term/6794/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking/caller-killer-911-call-analysis-cant-give-you-right-answer <p>“Police thought they could read her mind just by listening.” It’s a chilling statement in <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-jessica-logan-evidence">reporter Brett Murphy’s <i>ProPublica </i>coverage</a> and it sums up the pseudoscience of 911 call analysis. One of the founders of this technique, deputy police chief Tracy Harpster from Moraine, Ohio, is said to have plainly stated that he knows <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts">“what a guilty father, mother or boyfriend sounds like.”</a> How?</p> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9449 at /oss