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The discipline is known by many names including forensic document examination, 'document examination', 'diplomatics', 'handwriting examination', or sometimes 'handwriting analysis', although the latter term is not often used as it may be confused with graphology. Likewise a forensic document examiner (FDE) is not to be confused with a ...
The American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc. (ABFDE) is a non-profit organization which provides third-party certification of professional forensic document examiners (FDEs) from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America, and other countries if approved by the board of directors.
The American Society of Questioned Document Examiners is the world's oldest [1] society dedicated to the forensic science of questioned document examination with 99 members worldwide. [2] The current president is Thomas W. Vastrick. The society publishes the Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners [3] twice a year.
An electrostatic detection device, or EDD, is a specialized piece of equipment commonly used in questioned document examination to reveal indentations or impressions in paper that may otherwise go unnoticed. It is a non-destructive technique (will not damage the evidence in question), allowing further tests to be carried out.
Albert Sherman Osborn (1855-1946) is considered the father of the science of questioned document examination in North America. [1]His seminal book Questioned Documents was first published in 1910 and later heavily revised as a second edition in 1929.
Handwriting exemplars are used by a document examiner to determine the writing habits of an individual. Ideally, the exemplars will provide an adequate picture of the writer's habits such that a meaningful comparison can be conducted with the questioned material.
Document examiner may refer to: Questioned document examiner, a professional in the forensic examination of documents; Symbolics Document Examiner, a software program
The Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research papers, technical aids, reviews of current practises or procedures, as well as historical articles relating to forensic document examination. [1]