Forensic handwriting examiners' expertise for signature comparison

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1117-1124

  Sita, Jodi ^a   Found, Bryan ^a   Rogers, Douglas K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expertise; Forensic science; Handwriting; Questioned document examination; Signature; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKILL;

EID: 0036379941     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15521j     Document Type: Conference Paper

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