FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINATION (CUTM2315)
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V. Pravallika
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Core Courses
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Course code(credits): CUTM2315 (3+2+0)
Course Objectives:
- To learn about questioned documents, various tools for its examination and age of documents.
- To learn about fundamentals of handwritings, printed documents, and their comparison.
- To learn about various alterations used in documents.
- To learn about charred documents and its examination.
- To learn about Examination of Counterfeit Indian Currency Notes, Passports, Visas, stamp pads, credit card, visa, seal and other mechanical impressions.
Course Outcome:
- To explain the basic fundamentals of questioned documents.
- To understand the significance of class and individual characteristics in
handwriting, natural variations and comparing different types of
documents. - To acquire skills for detecting frauds, forgeries and counterfeiting by
examination of questioned documents.
Course Syllabus
Unit I: Basics of Document Examination
Definition, Types of documents, Essentials to produce document, scope of forensic document examination, document expert, Handling of Documents.
Unit II: Handwriting & Signature
Principles of handwriting, Comparison of handwriting. Development of individuality in handwriting.
Natural variations and Factors affecting handwriting, Class and individual characteristics. Standards for comparison of handwriting. Signature Examination.
Unit III: Detection and Decipherment of Forgeries
Definition, Types of forgery, Handwriting & Signature forgeries, Alterations in documents, including erasures, additions, deletions, over-writings and obliterations.
Unit IV: Examination of Questioned Documents
Preliminary examination of document. Examination of Printed documents, Type written documents & Xeroxed documents. Examination of Indented writings, Invisible writings & Charred documents. Examination of anonymous letters.
Unit V: Examination of Security Documents
Definition, Types of security documents, Examination of counterfeit Indian currency notes, passports, plastic cards and stamp papers.
Unit VI: Determination of Relative Age of Documents
Determination of relative age of writing and signatures, determination of relative age by examination of signatures/rubber stamp impression in chronological order.
Determination of relative age of document by - Examination of writing paper and ink, Examination of
sequence of intersecting strokes, Addition of text with ink or typescript, Anachronistic features and their
importance.
Unit VII: Tools and techniques used in document examinations
Tools and techniques needed for forensic documents examination – Stereomicroscope, Projectina
Nirvis, Video Spectral Comparator, Electrostatic Detection Apparatus, TLC and Paper chromatography
Session 4
Development of individuality in handwriting, Natural variations and Factors affecting handwriting
Session 5
Class and individual characteristics of handwriting
https://forensicsdigest.com/class-and-individual-characteristics-of-handwriting/
Session 11
Session 12
Examination of Printed documents, Type written documents & Xeroxed documents.
Session 15
Counterfiet Currency
https://www.toppr.com/guides/general-awareness/banks/security-features-of-rupee/
Session 16
Suggested Readings
- O. Hilton, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents, CRC Press, Boca Raton (1982).
- A.A. Moenssens, J. Starrs, C.E. Henderson and F.E. Inbau, Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases, 4th Edition, Foundation Press, New York (1995).
- R.N. Morris, Forensic Handwriting Identification: Fundamental Concepts and Principles, Academic Press, London (2000).
- E. David, The Scientific Examination of Documents – Methods and Techniques, 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis, Hants (1997).
Practical’s:
- To opine whether given signature samples are written by the same author or not.
- To extract the handwriting features including class and individual from the given handwriting samples.
- To opine whether given handwriting samples are written by the same author or not.
- To identify and examine the exhibits for secret writing.
- To extract and identify the security features in the Indian Currency Notes.
- To extract and identify the security features in the debit card and credit card.
- To extract and identify the security features in the Indian passport.
- To extract and identify the security features in the stamp papers.
- To identify and compare the given typewritten document.
- To identify and compare the given photocopied document.
Our Main Teachers
Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, School of Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Vizianagaram