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Forensic Document Examination
Fundamentals and Current Trends
1st Edition - January 31, 2014
Author: Jane Lewis
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780124166936
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eBook ISBN:9780124104198
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Forensic Document Examination enlightens forensic document examiners, forensic investigators, attorneys and others using the services of forensic document examiners with the basic principles and current trends in the area. Standards and methodologies apply now, which were non-existent 20 years ago. Instrumentation has moved beyond the microscope and the magnifying glass to digital cameras, digital microscopes, video spectral comparators, electrostatic detection devices for the development of indented writing on paper, scanners, and software programs like Write-On 2.0 and Photoshop.
Covers basic principles and methodologies used in forensic document examination
Contains state-of-the-art techniques and new trends
Includes research over the last ten years and describes the future direction of forensic document examination
Primary: Forensic document examiners and forensic investigators. Secondary: Attorneys and forensic science students.
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Brief History of Writing
Cave Paintings
Cuneiform Writing
Egyptian Writing
Phoenician Writing
Greek Alphabet
Etruscan Alphabet
Roman Alphabet
Word Separation in Manuscripts
Carolingian Minuscule
Gothic Script
Italic Script
Copperplate Handwriting
Calligraphy
Modern Handwriting
Modern Pictograms
Chapter 2. The History of Forensic Document Examination
Daniel T. Ames
Albert S. Osborn
Other Pioneers of Forensic Document Examination
Questioned Document Organizations
Forensic Laboratories Established with Questioned Document Sections
Chapter 3. Forensic Document Examination Defined
Forensic Document Examination
Graphology
Training of Forensic Document Examiners
Certification
Chapter 4. Handwriting Individuality
Individuality in Handwriting
Research
Chapter 5. Basic Methodology
Methodology in Forensic Document Examination
ACE Method
Elements of Writing in Forensic Document Examination
Other Ways to Articulate FDE Methodology
Natural Variation in Handwriting
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Instrumentation
Stereo Microscope
Magnifiers
Light Panels
MiScope
Video Spectral Comparators
Hyperspectral Imaging
Electrostatic Detection Devices
Photography and Imaging
Specialized Grids
Chapter 7. Case Examples
Introduction
John Waters Will Case
Medical Records Case
Original Contract Case
Irene V. Vander Zee Will Case
Cases with Low Resolution Images of Checks
Typewriter Defect Case
Alteration Case
Alteration to a Letter
Check Alterations
Simulated Signature Case
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Standards for Forensic Document Examiners
Introduction
Standardization in Questioned Document Literature
ASTM International Standards
SWGDOC
American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (ABFDE) Certification
Chapter 9. Forensic Document Examination in the Courts
Before 1900
The 20th-Century Courts
The Critics
The American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
Forensic Document Examiners Meet Each Daubert Factor
Early Court Challenges
21st-Century Courts
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Court Preparation in Questioned Document Cases
Introduction
Pretrial Conference
Assess Credentials
Mainstream Forensic Science Organizations
Court Charts
Direct and Cross-Examination
Review Case File
Make Court Chart
Chapter 11. Court Charts
Photoshop Chart
PowerPoint Chart
Write-on 2 Chart
PowerPoint with Hyperlinks
Conclusion
Chapter 12. Questioned Document Research Present and Future
Introduction
NAS Report
NIST Conference 2013
Digital Signatures
Future Forensic Document Examination Research
Index
No. of pages: 232
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: January 31, 2014
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780124166936
eBook ISBN: 9780124104198
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Jane Lewis
1985 was a good year. Jane Lewis finished an internship in the Questioned Document section of the Secret Service Lab in Washington, DC. She graduated with a Master of Forensic Sciences degree from George Washington University and got a job as a document analyst with the FBI in the Hoover Building in Washington DC. She soon moved up the mall to the Secret Service Lab. But the lure of beer and bratwurst was too strong and Jane found herself back home at the Wisconsin State Crime Lab in Milwaukee. Twenty-three years later Jane retired from the Milwaukee Lab and moved on to greener pastures working in private practice in Milwaukee.
She is certified by the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners. Jane is a member of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE), Assistant Editor of the Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, a Director representing the Questioned Document Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), a fellow in the Questioned Document Section of AAFS and a member of the Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (MAFS).
Jane has testified more than 50 times as a forensic document examiner. She has presented her research at the annual scientific sessions of AAFS, ASQDE and MAFS. Her research has been published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and the Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners. Jane along with three colleagues wrote a chapter on Forensic document examination in the book Forensic Science Current Issues, Future Directions, edited by Douglas H. Ubelaker, published in 2013.
Affiliations and expertise
Certified by American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, director representing AAFS Questioned Document Section, member ASQDE, and MAFS, George Washington University MFS