Study Forensic Handwriting Examination, Online

Would you like to study forensic handwriting examination but don’t have time to attend classes?  Are you a disciplined, motivated distance student?   Consider online classes.   Please visit http://www.graphanex.co.za and click on students online, register, click on Information about Handwriting Examination Courses.  Click on the blue W

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Questioned documents – original writing vs photocopies

Would a document examiner worth his or her salt settle for the examination of photocopies?  I would say not.  An analogy I frequently use is the difference between a dried leaf and a living leaf.  Much of what can be found in a living leaf, has long

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Questioned and Known Signatures in Forensic Handwriting Examination

Once you are confronted with a questioned signature on a disputed document, the challenge is on to find adequate known specimens of signatures with which to compare it during an examination.  In the world of handwriting examination, there are two categories of signatures from which to draw.

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Cognitive Bias and the Handwriting Examiner

At times the forensic handwriting examiner is called upon to be an expert witness. An expert witness is generally assumed to have the appropriate knowledge, skills and training and therefore expertise in a particular field.  According to Dror (2011), this expertise is acquired through

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Line Quality in the Examination of Handwriting

Handwriting examination reveals more about the writer, than just the words on paper or how letters are formed.  A close examination of the actual line quality, can reveal information about the physical and mental health of the writer as well as writing habits unique to an individual

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Examination of Handwriting in Forgeries

In South Africa, the large majority of enquiries the Forensic Handwriting Examiner (FHE), receives is for the analysis of disputed signatures. What does the forensic handwriting examiner (FHE) look for?  Since no writer signs in exactly the same way, a direct comparison of handwriting features is not

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