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Forensic document examination and handwriting identification and handwriting analysis by a certified document examiner and qualified handwriting expert. uestioned document examination is known by many names including forensic document examination, document examination, diplomatics, handwriting examination, and sometime handwriting analysis, although that name is not considered appropriate since it might be confused with graphology. Forensic document examination applies to the determination of legal evidence. It concerns the reliable identification of physical evidence on a document. The application of allied sciences and analytical techniques to questions concerning documents is termed forensic document examination. Forensic document examination does not lend itself to autodidactic learning or to correspondence courses. Graphology or graphoanalysis attempts to predict character traits from handwriting examination. Forensic document examination involves the analysis and comparison of questioned documents with known material in order to identify, whenever possible, the author, or origin of the questioned document. Forensic Document Examination should not be confused with graphology where handwriting is claimed to be an indication of the character and personality of an individual. Forensic Document Examiners analyze and compare handwriting to determine authorship of a particular document. The application of allied sciences and analytical techniques to questions concerning documents is termed forensic document examination. It appears, that in spite of the proliferating business machine market, forensic document examination will be able to find ways to deal with evidence from modern office technology, even if more information gathering and systematic data collections are needed. The aim of forensic document examination is to establish the fact of counterfeiting and identify the devices and materials used in their manufacturing. This type of analysis should be left to respected experts in the field, often called Forensic Document Examination. The field of forensic document examination is fraught with controversy and has differing and sometimes antagonistic certifying organizations. The Forensic Document Examination established that the amount of the check and the notation of the purpose were not in the handwriting of the decedent.
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