This handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the subdiscipline of Forensic Linguistics, with this new edition providing updated overviews from leading figures in the field and exciting new contributions. It is a vital resource for advanced students, researchers and scholars. 'An exciting new edition of the original ground-breaking forensic linguistics handbook, featuring more than 20 new authors, joining almost 30 of the original authors. The new and updated chapters bring additional depth and breadth, and greater global diversity to this valuable resource. A must-read for scholars, researchers and practitioners in the rapidly developing field of language and the law.' Diana Eades, University of New England, Australia From reviews of the first edition: '... the editors have done a masterful job in providing the needed broad coverage in forensic linguistics, and helped the reader to draw connections and to cross-reference between the variety of papers presented.' - Australian Review of Applied Linguistics