Forensic Handwriting Review

To prevent forgeries, some checks have embedded fibers that glow under special light.

• True

• False

Each person has a range of natural variation; this means:

• no one writes the exact same every time

• Siblings have similar handwriting

• A person’s dominant hand determines the handwriting characteristics

• A person has differentiation in handwriting depending upon drugs, alcohol etc

Iodine-containing pens detect counterfeit bills by _____.

• reacting with starches in the paper

• smudges the ink on the counterfeit bill

• bleaches non-wood fibers in the paper

• leaves a pale-yellow mark on the bill

In handwriting analysis, line quality refers to _____.

• consistency of ratio of height to width

• the pressure on upward and downward strokes

• text placement in regard to the line

• the flow of the letters, whether shaky or erratic

. In analysis of handwriting, qualitative analysis describes the _____.

• actual type of testing

• peer review techniques

• scientifically accepted guidelines

• measurable value assigned to components

_______ is a handwriting characteristic that incudes spacing between letters

• Formatting

• Line quality

• Letterform

• Smoothness

Handwriting evidence was first used in an American court in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder

• True

• False

A person’s mood can affect handwriting, but the variations are minor

• True

• False

Placed under a stereomicroscope, _____ used in the forgeries of checks can be identified.

• Cross outs

• Mechanical erasure

• Chemical erasure

• Additions

When analyzing check for forgeries, _____ may be used to expose writing that was crossed out.

• Bleach

• UV Light

• Solvents

• Burning