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Author : Wilson R. Harrison
Publisher : Burnham, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,25 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780882297590
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Author : Ordway Hilton
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 1992-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780849395109
Disputed document inquiries encompass extensive and varied technical examinations, unique phases of investigation, and specialized legal presentations. This book serves as a guide to all aspects of a questioned document covering the broad spectrum of the work as it is practiced today. From the work of the field investigator and the examination of a document to the presentation of evidence in court, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents provides a comprehensive approach that is ideal as a training manual for document examiners, investigators, and attorneys.
Author : David Ellen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 23,21 MB
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 042995932X
Revised and expanded to reflect the most recent innovations in the field, The Scientific Examination of Documents, Fourth Edition is a handy, accessible volume detailing current best-practices for forensic document examination. Since the first edition published in 1989, there have been drastic changes in the field of forensic document examination—both from the use of the analytic techniques available to the professional examiner—and the changes to technology in office and printing equipment and inks. The purpose of analyzing any material used in the production of a questioned document, such as an ink or a piece of paper, is to compare it with another material elsewhere in the questioned document itself—or on another document—to determine whether or not they share a common origin. There may also be a need to provide information for the investigator about the possible origins of the document. This latest edition reflects the myriad changes and advances that have occurred in the last 10 to 15 years. Topics covered include: current thinking on handwriting interpretation; accidental and deliberate modification of handwriting; the proper collection of samples; a discussion of shredded documents; professional accreditation standards, qualifications, and training; and modern digital imaging and analysis of documents and handwriting utilizing software and imaging, including reconstruction of an image from erasures, obliteration and other document altering methods. A new section addresses cognitive bias and Chapter 8 is completely updated to cover the advances in print and photocopied documents, based on current technology, and analytical developments in the comparison of such documents. Key features: Discusses issues regarding handwritten, photocopied, and printed documents—including inkjet versus digital printing Presents the advances and capabilities modern office fax, photocopy, and printing technologies—and implications for document examination Details and reinforces the importance of ensuring proper scientific methods during an examination Addresses current Raman spectroscopy, UV-VIS, mass spectroscopy, and SEM analysis techniques Highlights the importance, and implications, of biological and fingerprint evidence from documents that can be collected, examined, and utilized in a case The Scientific Examination of Documents, Fourth Edition serves as an invaluable resource to established professionals, those just entering the field, and legal and investigative professionals outside the discipline who have a professional interest dealing with questioned documents in the course of their work.
Author : Katherine M. Koppenhaver
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1597453013
This book introduces the reader to the basic principles of handwriting and the factors that affect their development. The book discusses the basic concept of the characteristics of writing that are compared when making an identification or elimination of a writer. In addition, readers will be able to recognize the signs of forgery and disguise and to distinguish between simulation and disguise.
Author : Michael S. Bisesi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1420003763
Considered the forensic document examiner's bible, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents is an authoritative and comprehensive reference that focuses on the pertinent advancements made within the field. This newest edition presents the qualifications necessary for a well-trained examiner and details the most up-to-date methodologies used i
Author : Max M. Houck
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 2018-01-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 0128027398
The Advanced Forensic Science Series grew out of the recommendations from the 2009 NAS Report: Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward. This volume, Digital and Document Examination, will serve as a graduate level text for those studying and teaching digital forensics and forensic document examination, as well as an excellent reference for forensic scientist's libraries or use in their casework. Coverage includes digital devices, transportation, types of documents, forensic accounting and professional issues. Edited by a world-renowned leading forensic expert, the Advanced Forensic Science Series is a long overdue solution for the forensic science community. - Provides basic principles of forensic science and an overview of digital forensics and document examination - Contains sections on digital devices, transportation, types of documents and forensic accounting - Includes sections on professional issues, such as from crime scene to court, forensic laboratory reports and health and safety - Incorporates effective pedagogy, key terms, review questions, discussion questions and additional reading suggestions
Author : Miriam Angel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 100024542X
Forensic Document Examination in the 21st Century covers the latest technology and techniques providing a complete resource on contemporary issues and methods in forensic document examination. Forensic document examiners provide their findings as expert testimony in court. Due to rapid changes in technology, including digital documents, printing and photocopying capabilities, and more, there is a great need for this up-to-date reference. The examination of documents can include comparison of handwriting or hand-printing; detection of alterations or photocopier and computer manipulation; restoration or decipherment of erased and obliterated writing; visualization of latent impressions; the identification of printing processes; and differentiation of inks. Computer-generated documents are prevalent, and electronically-captured signatures are becoming more widespread, meaning the knowledge of advances in technology and adoption of new validated techniques and methods of document examination are crucial to the reliability of forensic opinions. Forensic Document Examination in the 21st Century includes the latest research on the subject and with contributions from leading experts on their various areas of expertise. The book will be a welcome addition to the literature and support the foundational basis for methods and procedures for use it expert testimony in court, serving as a resource for forensic document examiners, trainees, and those in the criminal and legal communities who use the services of expert document examiners and witnesses
Author : Michael P. Caligiuri
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 29,10 MB
Release : 2012-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 143987140X
The Daubert trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court cases has established that scientific expert testimony must be based on science grounded in empirical research. As such, greater scrutiny is being placed on questioned document examination generally, and handwriting comparison in particular. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, The Neuroscience of Handwriting: Applications in Forensic Document Examination examines the essential neuroscientific principles underlying normal and pathological hand motor control and handwriting. Topics discussed include: Fundamental principles in the neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of hand motor control and their application to research in handwriting The epidemiology, pathophysiology, and motor characteristics of neurogenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, essential tremor, and motor neuron disease and their effects on handwriting Psychotropic medications prescribed for depression, bipolar disorder, and psychosis; their mechanisms of action; and their effect on motor behavior and handwriting The impact of substance abuse on handwriting An overview of the aging process and its effects on motor control and handwriting The kinematic approach and new findings on the kinematic analyses of genuine, disguised, and forged signatures The authors’ laboratory research on authentic and forged signatures An essential resource for professionals and researchers in the forensic documentation examination and legal communities, this volume provides a window on the scientific process of signature and handwriting authentication, integrating the extensive research on neural processes and exploring how disease, medication, and advanced age alter these processes.
Author : Charles Ainsworth Mitchell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 38,17 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Reference
ISBN :
From the PREFACE. THE scientific examination of documents as a branch of forensic chemistry has been strangely neglected, and hitherto there has been no work dealing fully with the subject from all points of view. The present book is based upon personal experience extending over many years, and includes the results of a great variety of investigations on such subjects as the composition and behavior of inks, pencil pigments, sealing wax, and other writing materials in connection with their use upon documents. Some of these results have been communicated to scientific societies and subsequently published in their journals, and so have had the advantage of being discussed and criticized by experts in the respective subjects. The questions of the materials upon which the writing, typing or printing appears, of handwriting, of finger-prints, photography and microscopical examination are all inseparably connected with the scientific examination of documents; and these I have dealt with in due proportion to the whole subject, bearing in mind works already available. For the purpose of presenting expert evidence in legal cases, criminal charges, the investigation of anonymous letters, and the like, such studies are of material importance, and, as little information on the chemical questions involved was available, I had to make prolonged laboratory experiments to obtain trustworthy results, and these records should prove of service to others. In connection with the chemical examination of documents I am privileged to make use of numerous details of cases and observations recorded by Mr. A. Lucas, Director of the Government Laboratory, Cairo, whose excellent work on "Forensic Chemistry" contains short sections on the subject. My best thanks are also due to Mr. A. E. Osborn of New York for valuable information kindly sent to me, and for several illustrations, as well as for permission to quote from his standard work "Questioned Documents."
Author : Wilson R. Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 41,51 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Forgery
ISBN :