Forensic handwriting examiners' opinions on the process of production of disguised and simulated signatures

Forensic Science International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 103-107

  Bird, Carolyne ^a,b   Found, Bryan ^a,c   Ballantyne, Kaye ^d   Rogers, Doug ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^c Victoria Police Forensic Services Department   (Australia)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disguise; Forensic science; Questioned document examination; Signature; Simulation; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORGERY; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WRITING;

EID: 75149198598     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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