Forensic Document Examination : Principles and Practice /
By: Koppenhaver, Katherine Mainolfi [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2007.Description: XVI, 315 p. 85 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781597453011.Subject(s): Medicine | Forensic medicine | Law | Medicine & Public Health | Forensic Medicine | Law, generalDDC classification: 614.1 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK3606 |
The Evolution of the Written Word -- Principles of Handwriting -- Factors That Cause Changes in Handwriting -- Handprinting and Numerals -- History of Forgery -- Forgery -- Other Types of Fraud -- Equipping a Laboratory -- Care and Handling of Documents -- Standards of Comparison -- Systematic Examinations of Handwriting -- Master Pattern -- Detecting Fraudulent Documents -- Weighing the Evidence -- Preparing Reports -- Alterations of Documents -- Disguised Writing -- Disguise Versus Simulation -- Check and Credit Card Fraud -- Paper -- Writing Instruments -- Seals, Stamps, and Paper -- Typewriters and Printers -- Duplicating Methods -- Desktop Publishing -- The Discovery Process -- The Litigation Process -- Demonstrative Evidence -- Court Cases.
Forensic Document Examination 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.
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