KFR2060T DOCUMENT ANALYSIS HANDWRITING AND SIGNATURE EXAMINATION

NAME: KIIRTANA VASU. ID: 012020021288. LECTURE NAME: DR NURUL AIN ABU BAKAR.

INTRODUCTION. Forensic handwriting examination involves the comparison of writing samples by forensic document examiners to determine whether or not they were written by the same person..

HISTORY. Albert Sherman Osborn is known as the father of the science of questioned document examination..

What is questioned documents?. Question documents examination involves the scientific examination of suspicious documents..

PRINCIPLES. 1. Given a sufficient amount of handwriting, no two skilled writers exhibit identical handwriting features.

THE PROCESS. Analysis - The first step is to analyse the known writing sample and the unknown writing sample for distinctive characteristics..

THINGS OBSERVED DURING ANALYSIS. Letter form - curves, slants, the proportional size of letters, the slope of writing, and the use and appearance of connecting lines between letters..

THE COMPARISON. Structural Difference 3) Slant 2) Connecting Strokes 4) Baseline Alignment.

How its done. Requested writing specimens Requested specimens are writings dictated by the investigator to the writer..

THE LIMITATION. Non-original evidence Insufficient quantity of questioned material. Insufficient known specimens submitted for comparison. Insufficient quality..

CASE STUDY.

CASE STUDY 1 : ROBERT DURST. 1.Robert Durst was suspected of murdering Susan Berma in 2000. There was no physical evidence tying him to the case..

CASE STUDY 2: BTK KILLER. 1. Dennis Rader, better known as the BTK Killer terrorized the Wichita, KS area for nearly two decades..

CONCLUSION. Handwritings analysis plays important role in many cases that cannot be solved with physical evidence. When authority unable to connect a suspect for a case, handwritten analysis can be used as suspect evidence. As we know now, each and every one of us have different modulation of writing skills. Thus, it is also can be used as a strong evidence against the suspect..

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