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Forensic Document Examination Document Evidence Limited

Forensic Document Examination Document Evidence Limited. Specimens. Same style of handwriting- BLOCK cursive script. Specimens. Several specimens Roughly contemporaneous Original documents if possible Signatures in same name. Auto Forgery.

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Forensic Document Examination Document Evidence Limited

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  1. Forensic Document Examination Document Evidence Limited

  2. Specimens Same style of handwriting- BLOCK cursive script

  3. Specimens • Several specimens • Roughly contemporaneous • Original documents if possible • Signatures in same name

  4. Auto Forgery • When someone attempts to deliberately alter their own signature in order to deny it at a later stage

  5. Copy documents, are they good enough? *IT DEPENDS* • Composite documents • Scanned images • No signs of forgery visible? • Clarity of letter designs • Clarity of fluency

  6. Copy Documents Clarity of fluency Discernible formation

  7. Copy Documents Complexity of formation Fluency

  8. Copy Documents Few discernible details Extraneous marks Pen lifts Pixilation of pen line Pen direction

  9. One to One Comparisons • The type of examination regularly undertaken by staff at financial institutes

  10. Cheque alteration

  11. Typewritten/Printed Documents • Type bar typewriters • Single element typewriters (electric) • Ink jet printers • Laser • Others

  12. Dating of Documents • Handwriting • Typescript • Printers • Photocopiers • Paper • Inks • ESDA • Evidence v Circumstances

  13. Multifaceted Evidence • Often one strand of a comparison gives little useful evidence e.g.: • Ink similarity • Paper similarity • Printing similarity • Layout similarity

  14. Multifaceted Evidence • However, combining strands of apparently inconclusive evidence can lead to an opinion of a common source being reached e.g.: • Paper • Printer • Inks • Layout • Handwriting/signatures

  15. Document Evidence LTD Gatsby Court 172 Holliday Street Birmingham B1 1TJ Telephone – 0121 643 0990 Fax – 0121 633 0288 E-mail – info@docev.co.uk

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