Dr Elisabeth Carter is a criminologist and forensic linguist who conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of language and the law. She examines how interactional, ethical and social drivers are manipulated by fraudsters, and the intricate balancing act between power and persuasion, credibility and vulnerability.
Elisabeth regularly features in national TV and radio series and print media, and has won many industry awards for her work. She uses her research to support law enforcement campaigns and drive police operations, deliver practical strategies to disrupt the power of fraudulent communications across the public, private and third sector, and safeguard people in positions of vulnerability.
Elisabeth is currently Associate Professor of Criminology at Kingston University, London, and an expert consultant for the United Nations.
You can hear her dissect a different fraud every week on BBC Radio 4, in the new series Scam Secrets every Thursday at 12, and catch up on BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m002h2gt.
