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Chapter 10: Handwriting, Forgery, & Counterfeiting Flashcards

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What is a Document Analysis?

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  • examination & comparison of questioned documents with a known material. The known material is called an exemplar
  • experts look for changes, erasures, or obliterations that may have occurred
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What is a Questioned Document?

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any signature, handwriting, typewriting or other written mark whose source is uncertain
ex. checks, wills, passports, letters, money, etc.

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What do experts look at?

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  • handwriting
  • typewriting
  • paper material
  • ink
  • commercial printing
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Document Expert

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specially trained person who scientifically analyzes handwriting & other features in a document (can testify in court)

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Graphologist

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studies the personality of the writer based on handwriting samples. (not reliable, cannot testify in court)

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What factors affect handwriting?

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  • pen, pencil, marker, crayon
  • mood, age, and how hurried we are
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How many characteristics of handwriting are there?

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12

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3 Things that can be Done to Minimize the conscious writing effort?

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  1. Do not show the questioned document
  2. Do not give instructions abt punctuation or spelling
  3. The pen & paper should be similar to that of the questioned document
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Initial Comparisons are Done W/

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  • The Eye
  • Handheld lens
  • Microscope
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___________ can determine if more than one ___ was used

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Infrared Spectroscope; ink

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Biometric Screening Pans

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allows more accurate analysis of handwriting analysis

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Recognize your signature based on….

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speed, pressure and rhythm

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Computerized Analysis - FISH

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Forensic Information System for Handwriting

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Computerized database maintained by the…

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Secret Service (SS)

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Blind Forgery

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  • most common type
  • the forger uses their own handwriting. Don´t try to disguise his handwriting. Easiest to identify
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Stimulated Forgery

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copying a genuine signature by carefully drawing it. Forger practices until you can’t see any differences. Very difficult to link to a suspect

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Traced Forgery

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done by tracing a genuine signature using a light box, carbon paper, or pressing hard over the genuine signature and then tracing the indent

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What can a Traced Forgery be detected by?

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a stereomicroscope

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Check Forgery. How is this possible?

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  • obtaining s/o else´s checks from a deposit slip
  • directly alter a check, creating forged checks from scratch
  • intercepting s/o else´s check, altering it & cashing it
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How can Check Forgery be Prevented?

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  • print checks on chemically sensitive paper
  • print checks in multiple color patterns
  • use a font size the requires more ink and makes alterations difficult
  • high resolution borders
  • embed fibers
  • use a chemical wash detection system
21
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Counterfeiting can result in up to ____ years in prison

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15

22
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Secret Service

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responsible for investigating counterfeit currency

23
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What is money made w/?

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  • 75% cotton
  • 25% linen blend w/ silk
24
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Anticounterfiet pens contain ______ which make _____ appear

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iodine; yellow

25
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Fake money turns ____ and there is ____ in the paper

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black; starch

26
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Who is on the $5?

A

Abe Lin

27
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Who is on the $20?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who is on the $2?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who is on the $10?

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Alexander Hamilton

30
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Who is on the $50?

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Ulysses Grant

31
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Who is on the $100?

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Ben Franklin

32
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Who did Frank learn from?

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Father

33
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Frank´s 1st con

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altering 10yrs to his driver´s license

34
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What airline did Frank con?

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Pan Am

35
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How did Frank get a pilot ID?

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went to the company that makes ID´s for Pam Am

36
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How did Frank get the Pam Am logo?

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peeled them off model planes

37
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How did Frank learn first-hand abt becoming a pilot?

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interviews and talked to pilots

38
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What were 3 key factors to Frank´s success?

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  1. Personality
  2. Observation
  3. Research
39
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After befriending a doctor, what position was he offered and how did he get away with it?

A

a resident supervisor; humor

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