Thesis

The Role of Forensic Linguistic Analysis in the Unabomber Case and the Revolution It Created After


 Thesis

Newspaper article regarding the Unabomber

The Washington Post, 1996

For the first time in American history, forensic linguistic analysis was used in the investigation process of the nationally threatening Unabomber case, in order to gain an incredibly significant lead. This novel usage signified to the world that indeed there is much worth in analyzing written communicated threats and encouraged the novel field of forensic linguistics to expand like never before.