The Forensic Linguistic Databank
Also known as FoLD
The Forensic Linguistic Databank (FoLD) is a permanent, controlled access online repository for forensic linguistic data, including malicious communication data, investigative interview data, and forensic evidence validation data for both speech and text. We broadly understand forensic linguistics as any academic research with a potential to improve the delivery of justice through the analysis of language. FoLD thus comprises a wide range of datasets with relevance to forensic linguistics and language and law, including commercial extortion letters, investigative interviews in police and other contexts, legal documents, forum posts from far-right online groups, and comment threads from poli…
Getting access
Open access Open
- How to apply
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Application required Restricted (other restriction)
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Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://fold.aston.ac.uk/ |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Humanities · Linguistics |
| Last updated | 2026-09-11 |