FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINATION (CUTM2315)

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V. Pravallika

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Curse Name: Forensic Document Examination

Course code(credits): CUTM2315 (3+2+0)

Course Objectives:

  1. To learn about questioned documents, various tools for its examination and age of documents.
  2. To learn about fundamentals of handwritings, printed documents, and their comparison.
  3. To learn about various alterations used in documents.
  4. To learn about charred documents and its examination.
  5. To learn about Examination of Counterfeit Indian Currency Notes, Passports, Visas, stamp pads, credit card, visa, seal and other mechanical impressions.

Course Outcome:

  1. To explain the basic fundamentals of questioned documents.
  2. To understand the significance of class and individual characteristics in
    handwriting, natural variations and comparing different types of
    documents.
  3. 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 1

Basics of Document Examination

Definition, Types of documents

Session 3

Principles of handwriting, Comparison of handwriting.

Document2

Session 4

Development of individuality in handwriting, Natural variations and Factors affecting handwriting

Document 4

Session 5

Class and individual characteristics of handwriting

https://forensicsdigest.com/class-and-individual-characteristics-of-handwriting/

Session 6

Definition, Types of forgery

forgeries and its type

Session 7

Handwriting & Signature forgeries

https://youtu.be/pnES4ZqGN9A

Session 8

Erasures

https://youtu.be/DYOLzYxK9rQ

Session 9

Alterations

https://youtu.be/RApMQJb7DBc

Session 10

Obliterations

https://youtu.be/livFk85RUt0

Session 12

Examination of Printed documents, Type written documents & Xeroxed documents.

Examination of photocopies and print outs

Session 14

Definition, Types of security documents - Passport

Passport features

Session 17

Type Writing

typewriting

Session 18

Anonymous letter

https://yotuu.be/Co09Nr-s_qE

Session 19

Age of document

https://youtu.be/ztIyuiBL-Gs

Session 20

Tools Used for Document Analysis

TOOLS USED FOR DOCUMENT ANALYSIS final

Session 23

Steriomicroscope

https://youtu.be/bFhf65ISBRM

Suggested Readings

  1. O. Hilton, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents, CRC Press, Boca Raton (1982).
  2. 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).
  1. R.N. Morris, Forensic Handwriting Identification: Fundamental Concepts and Principles, Academic Press, London (2000).
  1. E. David, The Scientific Examination of Documents – Methods and Techniques, 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis, Hants (1997).

Practical’s:

  1. To opine whether given signature samples are written by the same author or not.
  2. To extract the handwriting features including class and individual from the given handwriting samples.
  3. To opine whether given handwriting samples are written by the same author or not.
  4. To identify and examine the exhibits for secret writing.
  5. To extract and identify the security features in the Indian Currency Notes.
  6. To extract and identify the security features in the debit card and credit card.
  7. To extract and identify the security features in the Indian passport.
  8. To extract and identify the security features in the stamp papers.
  9. To identify and compare the given typewritten document.
  10. To identify and compare the given photocopied document.

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V. Pravallika

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Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, School of Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Vizianagaram