To keep my clients up-to-date, I
regularly publish a short newsletter discussing a new technique or equipment, or a
recent court case with wide-ranging impact. You are invited to follow these
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Error Rates. Due to the vociferousness
of critics, courts appear to pay increased attention to ...
Read #22
online.
Q?
Expert Witnesses - a nearly inexhaustible topic.
Unreliable testimony is not admissible under
Federal rule of evidence 702 ...
Read #21
online.
Q?
Identification Science and the Expert Witness. While
identification science is a very human science, the trained
forensic document examiner has learned ... Read #20
online.
Q?
Conflicting Opinions. Why would experts with equal training
arrive at different opinions?...
Read #19
online.
Q?
Testing, Testing. Tests are necessary to uncover
weaknesses...
Read #18 online.
Q?
PERCEPTION. An insidious and frequently unnoticed effect can
prevent accurate observation and interpretation...
Read #17
online.
Q?
Uniqueness of Handwriting ...
Read #16 online.
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DISGUISE. The Intent to Mislead...
Read #15 online.
Q?
Authentication of Foreign Handwriting...
Read #14 online.
Q?
“My
mother
NEVER signed her name like this.
I
NEVER cross my ‘t’ in that way..."
Read #13 online.
Q?
The origin of the alphabet is still somewhat shrouded in mystery .... Read #12 online.
Q?
Pitfalls to watch for on faxed documents regarding forensic
document examination.
Read #11 online.
Q?
Questioned document TRIVIA.
Read #10 online.
Q?
Is there really such a thing as handwriting expertise?
This
question was asked by Roy Huber in his 1999 book.
Read #9 online.
Q?
Can initials be identified?
Why are the majority of
forgeries unsuccessful? Read #8 online.
Q?
What is the status of recent court decisions regarding handwriting testimony in
Daubert
cases?
Read #7 online.
Q?
The
importance of
personal observation
of
handwriting habits.
Read #6 online.
Q?
What is
the history of questioned document or questioned handwriting examination (part II)?
Read #5 online in PDF
format.
Q?
What is
handwriting (part II)?
Read #4 online.
Q?
Why is it important to have
request writing samples
prepared on a similar or identical writing surface and with a similar writing
instrument as the disputed document (part II)?
Read #3 online.
Q?
Is document examination limited
to handwriting identification? Why is it important to have request writing
samples prepared on a similar or identical writing surface and with a similar
writing instrument as the disputed document (part I)?
Read #2 online.
Q?
What is document examination?
What is a document’s history comprised of? What is the history of questioned
document or questioned handwriting examination (part I)? What is handwriting
(part I)?
Read #1 online.
