Bates' I.S.Q.D. : identification system for questioned documents / by Garland D Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Garland D., author.

Contributor:

Bates, Billy Prior.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Writing--Identification.

Writing.

Legal documents--Identification.

Legal documents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of Bates' I.S.Q.D. updates and expands the previous volume and continues to reflect the scientific method of detecting whether a writing is genuine or forged. This book serves as a guide and reference for the investigator or examiner in matters relating to the identification of handwriting. In and of itself, it is not intended in any way to qualify an individual as an expert, but is to be used as a tool with which to assist in the discovery and proof of fact. These are the two essential parts of handwriting comparison. Divided into three sections, the book presents the twel

Contents:

BATES' I.S.Q.D. IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS; CONTENTS; Part I METHODOLOGY; Section 1 HANDWRITING REDUCED TO STROKES; Section 2 TWELVE POINTS OF COMPARISON; Section 3 CONCLUSION; Section 4 SUMMARY; Part II PROOF OF THE FACT; Section 1 REASONS AND BASIS FOR AN OPINION; Section 2 QUALIFIED OPINIONS; Section 3 EXPRESSING OPINIONS OF DOCUMENT EXAMINERS; Section 4 DIGITAL IMAGING; Section 5 THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Section 6 ENLARGEMENTS OF TWELVE POINTS OF COMPARISON; Section 7 TRANSMITTED LIGHT EXAMINATIONS; Section 8 DUPLICATE ILLUSTRATIONS

Section 9 MARKING OF EVIDENCESection 10 MOUNTING EVIDENCE; Section 11 TRANSPARENCIES AND OVERLAYS; Section 12 CLASSIFICATION OF TWELVE POINTS OF COMPARISON; Section 13 ILLUSTRATIONS ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE; Part III A SAMPLE DEMONSTRATION; Section 1 PROBLEM; Section 2 METHOD; Section 3 SIFTING OUT THE TWELVE POINTS OF COMPARISON; Section 4 ILLUSTRATIONS; Section 5 ENLARGEMENTS OF THE TWELVE POINTS OF COMPARISON; Section 6 DUPLICATE ILLUSTRATIONS; Section 7 INDIVIDUAL POINT ILLUSTRATIONS; Section 8 TRANSPARENCIES AND OVERLAYS; Section 9 CLASSIFICATION OF TWELVE POINTS OF COMPARISON

Section 10 PRESENTATION IN COURT OF PROOF OF THE FACTSection 11 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Related Work:

Bates, Billy Prior. I.S.Q.D.

ISBN:

0-398-08005-4

OCLC:

689996373