handwriting analysis what clues are used to compare writing samples?
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Handwriting Analysis
What clues are used to compare writing samples?
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Charles Lindbergh
• First person to fly a plane _____ across the Atlantic Ocean (1927)
• Became famous and rich– Also a target
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March 1, 1932
• Bruno Hauptmann kidnapped Lindbergh’s ______________________
• Left ransom note for $50,000• Trial had 45 writing samples
– ____ ransom notes– __ auto registration forms filled out by Bruno– Ransom note samples
• Hauptman was convicted, sentenced to death and executed.
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Handwriting Styles
• What kind of documents require a signature?
___________________________________• Why is a cursive signature preferred to a
printed name on these documents?
___________________________________• Six volunteers?
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Handwriting Identification
Experts look at three things:
1. Handwriting _______• How are the words ___________
2. Content _______• What do the words ___________
3. _________ Documents• Has the writing been ________ in some way
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Handwriting Style
• General ______– Print each letter separately, join letters within
words– 3 s’s: ______, ______, and ______ of letters– Lines: Thick? Thin?– Personal touches
• How ‘i’ is ________• Other ideas? ________________________________
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Handwriting Style Continued
• Compare Writing Samples– ___________ (grocery, to-do, etc.)– Calendars– Cards– Legal ___________– Checks– ________________; credit cards– Ideally sample has same words as evidence
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Content Clues
• Word _________
• Spelling
• _________________
• Note: Expert use content clues for _______________________ too!– What letters does a writer leave out???
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Altered Documents
• Changed __________ on a check?
• Forged a _____________?
• Lighting– Can reveal a ______________ where
writing has been erased (done from the back)
– Can reveal a ______________ in the paper (done from the side)