Handwriting Identification

Facts and Fundamentals
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-8493-1285-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

"Forensic document examination is the study of physical evidence and physical evidence cannot lie. Only its interpretation can err. Only the failure to find it, or to hear its true testimony can deprive it of its value."
- Roy Huber, author

A definitive review of handwriting identification, this book presents, in a general manner, how to approach document examination and then, in particular, how to apply handwriting identification to the document. Types of handwriting are discussed in detail.

For the first time in the field of questioned document examination, Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals consolidates the pertinent information from published and unpublished sources respecting writing, that is essential to the expansion of a practitioner's general knowledge of handwriting identification and to the proper education of novices. Written in a question and answer format, the book suggests some of the questions that one might ask of an examiner and provides the answers that knowledgeable and competent examiners should be expected to give.

This book is a valuable addition to law libraries and to every practicing document examiner, as well as every lawyer handling cases in which the authenticity of handwriting might be disputed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huber, Roy A.

Headrick, A.M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schrift, Paläographie, Orthographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The World of Documents
The History of Questioned Document Examination -In Brief
A Handwriting Compendium for Document Examiners
The Discrimination of Handwriting
The Premises for the Identification of Handwriting
The Fundamentals of the Identification Process
The Discrimination and Identification of Writing
Special Problems in the Discrimination and Identification of Writing
The Extrinsical Factors Influencing Handwriting
The Intrinsical Influences upon Handwriting
The Requirements and the Results
The Diagnosis of Writing Identification
The Scope of Document Examination
The Sources of Document Examiners
Science, Scientific Method and Writing Identification
Graphology
Understanding the Terms-Glossary
Epilogue