Ebook: Foundations of forensic document analysis: theory and practice

Handwriting development and comparison -- Signature examination -- Documents produced using office technology -- The examination of printed documents -- Materials used to create documents -- Analytical techniques used in document examination -- Altered and tampered documents -- Indented impressions -- Dating documents -- Duties of the expert.;Forensic document examination is a long established specialty and its practitioners have regularly been shown to have acquired skills that enable them to assist the judicial process. This book, aimed primarily at students studying forensic science and document examination in particular, introduces all of the essential ideas that are to be found in the work of the forensic document examiner in a concise and straightforward way. Each examination type is described not only in terms of its procedural basis but also the science and reasoning that underpins it. The reader will be able to relate.