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Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science
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978-1-78262-446-2
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978-1-83916-915-1
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978-1-83916-292-3
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Textbooks
No. of Pages:
680
Publication date:
30 Jun 2016
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8: Forensic Examination of Documents
By
Audrey Giles
Audrey Giles
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Published:30 Jun 2016
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Product Type: Textbooks
Page range:
229 - 259
Citation
A. Giles, in Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science, ed. P. C. White, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 4th edn, 2016, pp. 229-259.
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The forensic examination of documents includes the examination of handwriting to identify authorship, and the examination of signatures to establish authenticity. In addition, forensic document examiners utilise a broad range of non-destructive techniques to study inks, paper, impressions and a host of other features to determine the origin and history of documents.
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