February 15th, 2009

ALTERED DOCUMENTS

A document can be altered in two basic ways. Something can be added, like a clause at the end of a contract. Or something can be  deleted, like the amount of medication prescribed to a patient. Of course, these alterations can be combined, as in the case of a word being erased and replaced with a different word. Quite often, document examination can determine not only that an alteration has taken place, but what the document originally said.

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

Document examination may be able to determine if a signature was placed on a document before or after the document was completely filled out - or if the document was notarized before or after it was signed.

CONTEMPORANEOUS WRITING

With a list, such as a ledger, or medical record, document examination can often determine if the entries were made over a long period of  time, as they should be, or in one sitting, as in the case of falsified records.

INSERTED OR DELETED PAGES

When examining a multi-page document, such as a will or contract, it is possible to detect missing or added pages. In the case of missing pages, it is often possible to determine what was on those pages.

OFFICE EQUIPMENT

Document examination can be used to determine which office copier, check writer, typewriter, or fax machine produced a document.

Handwriting analysis

February 14th, 2009

HANDWRITING IDENTIFICATION

Handwriting identification is a comparison of questioned writing with known writing for the purpose of identifying the author. Identification of handwriting is based upon the fact that no two people have ever been proven to have the same handwriting.  Thus, handwriting is as identifiable as fingerprints.  (example)

DATE OF CREATION

Occasionally, it becomes important to know when a document was created, or if the date on the document is accurate. Document examination can often answer these questions.

PHYSICAL MATCH

Torn documents can be examined for matching edges. If the edges of two torn documents match exactly, we can say that they were once part of the same document. (example)

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