| The Questioned Documents Examiner,
specialized in handwriting identification, is a technician of handwriting examination. The scientific examination of the physical feature of documents for forensic purposes is separate and apart from psychological evaluation of handwriting (graphology). The Questioned documents examiner does not attribute any "personality" conclusions to any writing being studied as part of a disputed document. | |
The Handwriting identification expert makes critical examinations, comparison and analyses of documents to establish
geniuses or to expose forgery or to reveal alterations, additions and deletions. His task is to identify persons through documents or parts of documents, by showing the authorship of handwriting, to aid in fixing liability or culpability for any kind of fraud that makes use of documents; and generally to help protect the integrity of documents. | Handwriting identification is a skill and a science that is based on axioms, principles, theories and knowledge that have accumulated through the hundreds of years that handwriting has been studied. Handwriting identification has been recognized and accepted by the courts as far back as A.D.539. In the US, it has been accepted in the courts, as substantial evidence, for over 180 years. |
It is well known that qualified handwriting examiners can and do reach accurate conclusions of identity given sufficient comparison standards to work from. |
