Detecting Forgery : Forensic Investigation of Documents

Detecting Forgery reveals the complete arsenal of forensic techniques used to detect forged handwriting and alterations in documents and to identify the authorship of disputed writings. Joe Nickell looks at famous cases such as Clifford Irving's "autobiography" of Howard Hughes and th...

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Main Author: Nickell, Joe
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1996
Edition:1st ed
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Handwriting -- 1. The Written Word -- Evolution of Handwriting -- Graphology versus Science -- The Forensic Approach -- 2. Examining Handwriting and Typewriting -- Class versus Individual Characteristics -- Examplars and Standards -- Identification Factors -- Handwriting Comparison -- Disguised Writing and Printing -- Illegibility and Decipherment -- Typewriting and Other Mechanical Forms -- 3. Forged Writing -- The Forger's Techniques -- Warning Signs of Forgery -- Detecting Nonforgery Fakes -- Part Two. Additional Aspects -- 4. A Multi-Evidential Approach -- Provenance -- Internal Evidence -- Writing Materials -- Scientific Analyses -- 5. Macroscopic and Microscopic Study -- Macroscopy -- Microscopy -- Photography -- 6. Spectral Techniques -- Ultraviolet Light -- Infrared Radiation -- Laser Technology -- Photographic Processes -- 7. Chemical and Instrumental Tests -- Chemical Tests -- Instrumental Analyses -- Notes -- Recommended Works -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z 
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