Advances in the forensic analysis and dating of writing ink / by Richard L. Brunelle, M.S. and Kenneth R. Crawford, B.A., B.S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunelle, Richard L., author.

Crawford, Kenneth R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Writing--Identification.

Writing.

Ink.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The use of the forensic examination and dating of inks on questioned documents has become common, and law enforcement agencies rely heavily on these techniques during criminal investigations whenever there is some question as to when a document was written. In this book, the authors describe the many advances that have occurred in the field of forensic examination and dating of inks on documents. Actual laboratory procedures for examining and dating inks and other related substances are described, as well as the forensic applications of these techniques in criminal and civil litigations. In ad

Contents:

ADVANCES IN THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS AND DATING OF WRITING INK; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; Chapter 1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT:HOW WE GOT HERE; Chapter 2 INK ANALYSIS: TRAINING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COORDINATION; Chapter 3 INK CHEMISTRY; Chapter 4 PRELIMINARY METHODS OF INK ANALYSIS; Chapter 5 FORENSIC COMPARISON AND IDENTIFICATION OF WRITING INKS; Chapter 6 INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS OF INKS; Chapter 7 INK LIBRARIES; Chapter 8 INK DATING; Chapter 9 OTHER METHODS FOR DATING WRITING INKS; Chapter 10 EXPERIMENTS REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF INK THICKNESS, PAPER, STORAGE

Chapter 11 RESULTS OF ACTUAL CASE EXAMINATIONS USING R-RATIO, PERCENT EXTRACTION,Chapter 12 THE SOCIETY OF FORENSIC INK ANALYSTS (SOFIA); INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

0-398-08490-4

OCLC:

689997385