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Services Forgery detection Anonymous writings Handwriting authentication Altered & obliterated documents Identity theft prevention techniques Court qualified expert witness testimony Seminar presentations & guest speaker
Sources Richard Orsini – personal case files Handwriting Consultants International National Assoc. of Document Examiners American Handwriting Analysis Foundation Time, Newsweek, Florida Times Union Colleagues: A. Bradley, T . Widmer, B. Link, A. McNichol, K. Amend, D. Anthony Seagrams
Factors that affect Handwriting Physical factors: age, illness, injury, medicine, eyesight, alcohol, drugs. Mechanical factors: pen type, ink, surface, position, paper quality. Psychological factors: distress, anger, fear, depression, dishonesty, happiness, nervousness.
FRAUD 1.4 million checks forged every day. $ 27.3 million lost to forgery daily. Employment fraud costs $ 3.5 TRILLION per year or 5% of Gross World Product. 15 million identity thefts per year. Median loss in fraud cases is $ 140,000. 87% of employees are first-time offenders. 81% either live beyond their means or have financial difficulties. …ACFE 2012
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Is there REALLY personality in handwriting?
Library of Congress Handwriting analysis was established as a branch of psychology in 1991. FBI agents were sent to Europe to study graphology. Criminal Minds TV program is based on Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI.
The Felon’s Claw
YOU and Your Private “I” by Jane Green 313 pages …on just the letter “I”
William D. Lindsey
The Ramsey Ransom “Note”
Do the “bad guys” care if you’re tired?
The FBI reviewed the handwriting of 73 suspects – only 1 person could not be eliminated…
Signatures – Your Public Face
John Mark Karr
Peter Braunstein
Dead body or rifle?
Axioms, Principles & Theories No No write writer r ca can n write write bet bette ter r th than an his bes his best t na natu tural al writ writing ing. Onc Once e writt written en, , a sign a signatu ture e ca cann nnot ot be be ide ident ntica icall lly y rep eprod oduc uced ed by by th the sa e same me or or another another per person son by by freehand eehand writing writing.
AXIOMS, cont. A tracing can be made only when a model signature is available. A palsied hand cannot write a normal signature. An illiterate, unskilled writer cannot simulate the writing of a literate, skilled writer.
PRINCIPLES, cont. Handwriting is a learned, complex skill of the mind, muscles, & nerves. No two people are exactly alike and no two people act, speak, or write exactly alike.
PRINCIPLES, cont. An imitation of a signature will resemble in some manner the genuine signature. The person who imitates a signature can rarely be identified by the imitated signature.
PRINCIPLES, cont. You cannot determine the age, sex, or handedness with certainty from handwriting. One distinctive element alone seldom justifies a definite conclusion.
PRINCIPLES, cont. Signatures that are exactly identical are replicas and only one can be genuine. The writer who traces a signature cannot be identified from the tracing.
THEORIES, cont. Different writers are established when there are structural differences between writings. A person’s handwriting changes during the course of a lifetime.
CHECKPOINTS
Natural Variation vs Different Writer
FORGERY CHECKLIST HESITATION UNNATURAL PENLIFTS PATCHING TREMOR UNCERTAINTY OF MOVEMENT DRAWN QUALITY
SPEED KILLS THE DILEMMA FOR FORGERS: WRITE TOO QUICKLY – LOSE PICTORIAL RESEMBLANCE WRITE TOO SLOWLY – LOSE “NATURALNESS” & FLUIDITY
HANDWRITING ID MOVEMENT FORM ARRANGEMENT
MOVEMENT WRITING SPEED ZONAL PROPORTIONS LETTER SLANT WRITING PRESSURE
FORM LETTER STYLE SIMPLE OR ELABORATE LETTER SIZE
ARRANGEMENT SPACE BETWEEN LETTERS SPACE BETWEEN WORDS SIGNATURE LINE LOCATION
TEST TIME!
TES TEST TIME! T TIME! NO TALKING! NO CHEATING! NO LOUD LAUGHING! NO THROWING OF OBJECTS AT THE INSTRUCTOR!
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GENUINE A Bonus B Genuine A B
Genuine Forged Left Hand Genuine Forged Left Hand
Last Question A woman, while at the funeral of her mother, met a man she didn’t know. She thought the man was amazing – a dream come to true. She immediately fell in love but forgot his name and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister. Question: What was the motive for killing her sister?
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