UID:
almahu_9948025835102882
Format:
1 online resource (229 p.)
ISBN:
0-12-410419-3
Content:
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 an
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Forensic Document Examination: Fundamentals and Current Trends; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - A Brief History of Writing; Cave Paintings; Cuneiform Writing; Egyptian Writing; Phoenician Writing; Greek Alphabet; Etruscan Alphabet; Roman Alphabet; Word Separation in Manuscripts; Carolingian Minuscule; Gothic Script; Italic Script; Copperplate Handwriting; Calligraphy; Modern Handwriting; Modern Pictograms; Chapter 2 - The History of Forensic Document Examination; Daniel T. Ames; Albert S. Osborn
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Other Pioneers of Forensic Document ExaminationQuestioned Document Organizations; Forensic Laboratories Established with Questioned Document Sections; Chapter 3 - Forensic Document Examination Defined; Forensic Document Examination; Graphology; Training of Forensic Document Examiners; Certification; Chapter 4 - Handwriting Individuality; Individuality in Handwriting; Research; Chapter 5 - Basic Methodology; Methodology in Forensic Document Examination; ACE Method; Elements of Writing in Forensic Document Examination; Other Ways to Articulate FDE Methodology; Natural Variation in Handwriting
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ConclusionChapter 6 - Instrumentation; Stereo Microscope; Magnifiers; Light Panels; MiScope; Video Spectral Comparators; Hyperspectral Imaging; Electrostatic Detection Devices; Photography and Imaging; Specialized Grids; Chapter 7 - Case Examples; Introduction; John Waters Will Case; Medical Records Case; Original Contract Case; Irene V. Vander Zee Will Case; Cases with Low Resolution Images of Checks; Typewriter Defect Case; Alteration Case; Alteration to a Letter; Check Alterations; Simulated Signature Case; Conclusion; Chapter 8 - Standards for Forensic Document Examiners; Introduction
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Standardization in Questioned Document LiteratureASTM International Standards; SWGDOC; American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (ABFDE) Certification; Chapter 9 - Forensic Document Examination in the Courts; Before 1900; The 20th-Century Courts; The Critics; The American Board of Forensic Document Examiners; Forensic Document Examiners Meet Each Daubert Factor; Early Court Challenges; 21st-Century Courts; Conclusion; Chapter 10 - Court Preparation in Questioned Document Cases; Introduction; Pretrial Conference; Assess Credentials; Mainstream Forensic Science Organizations; Court Charts
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Direct and Cross-ExaminationReview Case File; Make Court Chart; Chapter 11 - Court Charts; Photoshop Chart; PowerPoint Chart; Write-on 2 Chart; PowerPoint with Hyperlinks; Conclusion; Chapter 12 - Questioned Document Research Present and Future; Introduction; NAS Report; NIST Conference 2013; Digital Signatures; Future Forensic Document Examination Research; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-416693-8
Language:
English
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