In an age of electronic communication, paper documents and signatures handwritten with ink are still the way most business is transacted. Civil and criminal legal cases, domestic and business disputes and other controversies hinge on alleged irregularities in checks, wills, contracts, insurance policies, deeds, and other questioned documents. This is the realm of the forensic document examiner.
Forensic Document Examination relies upon a combination of principles used successfully for the past century, and techiques and technology that are at the leading edge of 21st century science. This Web Page explains some basics about the work of forensic document examiners and handwriting identification experts. While this web might be of primary interest to attorneys and clients with suspect documents, there is much here of general interest. Study the
FAQs, typical document examination
applications, and basic
theory about handwriting identification for an overview of this profession. Learn about microscopes , and try to identify the mystery images. Tour of a
forensic document examination laboratory Read about
famous document cases, and if you have a document problem that requires an expert document examiner, the
contact section is the place to go.
For a literature search on document examination, there is
The QDE Index, and if you want to purchase
illuminated magnifiers or
infrared/ultraviolet document examination equipment, it is just a click away . You can also learn about
proficiency testing. So enjoy what this document examiner has prepared for you, and please email your comments to
ewill@Qdewill.com

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