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Author Angel, Miriam

Title Forensic Document Examination in the 21st Century
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (337 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Section I: Modern Standards, -- 1 Forensic Document Examiner Training -- 1.1 Skills and Aptitude of the Trainee -- 1.2 Foundation of Training -- 1.3 Components of a Training Plan -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Standards in Forensic Document Examination -- 3 The Logical Approach to Evidence Evaluation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 History -- 3.3 Inference and Reasoning -- 3.4 Key Concepts -- 3.5 Elements of the Logical Approach Specific to FDE Work
3.5.1 Consider the Framework -- 3.5.2 Set the Propositions -- 3.5.3 Declare Expectations -- 3.5.4 Conduct the Examination -- 3.5.5 Evaluate Findings in Terms of the Propositions -- 3.5.6 Determine the Opinion -- 3.6 Sub-Propositions and Multiple Propositions -- 3.7 Challenges and Concerns -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Cognitive Bias and Handwriting Examination: Concepts, Current Knowledge, and Future Practice -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Cognitive Organization of Conceptual Knowledge -- 4.3 Schemas and Expertise -- 4.4 Human Cognition: Cognitive Misers and Motivated Tacticians
4.5 Confirmation Bias -- 4.6 Contextual Bias -- 4.7 Cognitive Human Factors Research: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Forensic Document Examination Studies -- 4.7.1 Direct Priming -- 4.7.2 The Representative Heuristic -- 4.8 Summary -- 4.8.1 Confirmation Bias -- 4.8.2 Reducing the Impact of Extraneous and Potentially Biasing Information -- References -- 5 Forensic Intelligence -- 6 Expert Testimony: The Path to the Jury -- 6.1 Structure of the Court System -- 6.2 Overview of Civil Litigation -- 6.3 Appellate Courts -- 6.4 Overview of Criminal Litigation -- 6.5 Arbitration
6.6 Rules Relating to Expert Testimony -- The Expert Report -- 6.7 The Judge's Role in the Admissibility of Expert Testimony -- 6.8 Court Opinions -- 6.9 The Daubert Trilogy -- 6.10 Conclusion -- Section II: Handwriting Topics and Research -- 7 Development of Habitual Handwriting Characteristics in Elementary School Students -- 7.1 Early Findings on Handwriting Development -- 7.2 Development of Handwriting Skill -- 7.3 Development of Non-class Characteristic Handwriting Habits Over Time -- 7.3.1 First Approach: Analysis of the Word and -- 7.3.2 Second Approach: Analysis of the Full Sample
7.3.3 Study Findings -- 7.4 Conclusions -- Reference -- 8 Evaluation of Handwriting Evidence -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Unnatural Handwriting -- 8.2.1 Handwriting Production -- 8.2.2 FDE Skill in Distinguishing between Disguise and Simulation -- 8.2.3 Disguise Behavior in Signatures -- 8.2.4 Simulation Behavior in Signatures -- 8.2.5 Disguise Behavior in Handwritten Text -- 8.2.6 Simulation Behavior in Handwritten Text -- 8.2.7 Success of Simulation -- 8.3 Other Internal or External Factors -- 8.4 Complexity of Writing -- 8.5 Foreign Scripts and Legibility of Writing -- 8.6 Amount of Writing
Notes Description based upon print version of record
8.7 Non-Original Documents
Subject Forensic sciences -- History -- 21st century
Criminal investigation -- History -- 21st century
Criminal investigation
Forensic sciences
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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