Forensic Document Examination. Fundamentals and Current Trends

✍ Scribed by Jane A. Lewis (Auth.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 214
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Forensic Document Examination enlightens forensic document examiners, forensic investigators, attorneys, and others using the services of forensic document examiners with basic principles, current trends in the area, and standards and methodologies which were non-existent 20 years ago. Instrumentation has moved beyond the microscope and the magnifying glass to digital cameras, digital microscopes, video spectral comparators, electrostatic detection devices for the development of indented writing on paper, scanners, and software programs like Write-On 2® and Photoshop®. All of this equipment and these various techniques are covered here, and more.

• Covers basic principles and methodologies used in forensic document examination
• Contains state-of-the-art techniques and new trends
• Includes research over the last ten years and describes the future direction of forensic document examination

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Acknowledgments, Page xiii
Introduction, Pages xv-xvi
Chapter 1 - A Brief History of Writing, Pages 1-20
Chapter 2 - The History of Forensic Document Examination, Pages 21-33
Chapter 3 - Forensic Document Examination Defined, Pages 35-44
Chapter 4 - Handwriting Individuality, Pages 45-53
Chapter 5 - Basic Methodology, Pages 55-68
Chapter 6 - Instrumentation, Pages 69-79
Chapter 7 - Case Examples, Pages 81-104
Chapter 8 - Standards for Forensic Document Examiners, Pages 105-116
Chapter 9 - Forensic Document Examination in the Courts, Pages 117-146
Chapter 10 - Court Preparation in Questioned Document Cases, Pages 147-158
Chapter 11 - Court Charts, Pages 159-172
Chapter 12 - Questioned Document Research Present and Future, Pages 173-207
Index, Pages 209-212