QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION Flashcards
It refers any material containing marks, signs or symbols visible, partially visible or invisible which furnish or convey information, meaning or message to a person.
DOCUMENT
The impressions left by the stylus were wedged shaped, thus giving rise to the name cuneiform.
Cuneiform script
It was the most widespread and historically significant writing system in theAncient Near East.
Cuneiform script
The study of ancienthandwriting and the practice of deciphering and reading historical manuscripts.
A French monk, originated Latin Paleography in 1861, when he published De re diplomatic, a study of forms and official document.
Paleography
Is a type ofvisual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering.
Calligraphy
A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is “the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner”
Calligraphy
Imagescreated by removing part of a rocksurface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading.
Petroglyphs
Neolithic man began written communication as long as 20,000 years ago when he graphically represented objects and ideas in drawings on cave walls known as Iconography.
Iconography
A formalwriting systemused by theancient Egyptiansthat contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements.
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Agraphicsymbolthat represents anideaor concept.
Ideogram/Ideograph
Refers to handwriting or images on the walls or surfaces of a public area, such as building, parks, toilets, and trains, etc..
Graffiti
” is applied inart historyto works of art produced by scratching a design into a surface.
Graffiti
is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings.
Graffiti
(1960-1988), American painter, whose work first appeared as graffiti on the streets and subways of New York City. He was the most successful of a number of so-called street artists, whose work crossed over into New York City’s gallery scene in the early 1980s. His works mix imagery from African, Caribbean, European, and popular art.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Any material which contains marks, symbols or signs, in which this components may either visible, partially visible or invisible.
Document
Any material or document in which some issue has been raised or that which is under scrutiny or a document which has “a doubtful origin”.
Questioned Document
Document in which the origin is known can be proven and can legally be used as sample to compare with other things is questioned
Standard Document
Standard specimen executed in the regular course of man’s activity or that which are executed on the day to day writing activity.
Collected/Procured –
– a Standard document which are executed upon request, they are prepare at one time
Requested/Dictated
Types of Standards
Collected/Procured
Requested/Dictated
Refers to the act of making a close and critical study of any document questioned, disputed, or attacked necessary to discover the facts about them.
Questioned Document Examination
Refers to any specimen of writing executed normally without any attempt to control or alter its identifying habits and its usual quality or execution.
Natural Writing
- The earliest form of material on which writing was place where the skin of animals called parchment or vellum.
Paper
was a form of vegetable varnish. The oldest type of ink was invented by the Chinese thousand years ago.
Ink
Paper - The earliest form of material on which writing was place where the skin of animals called
parchment or vellum.
The instrument used to form marks, or symbols on a paper. Paper and ink do not composed a document unless some symbols markings or writings are imprinted.
Writing Instrument
is the visible result of a very complicated series of acts, being as a whole or a combination of certain forms which are the very visible result of mental and muscular habits acquired by long continued painstaking effort.
Writing
Refers to factors relative to the motion of the pen such as, pressure, rhythm, pen lifting, etc.
Writing movement
- Is any disconnected style of writing or junction broken.
SCRIPT or MANUSCRIPT WRITING
- most parts are joined together by a junction connection.
CURSIVE or CONVENTIONAL WRITING
= is characterized by all capital or uppercase letters
BLOCK or PRINTED WRITING
KIND OF WRITING
Script or Manuscript Writing
Cursive or Conventional writing
Block or Printed Writing
Is a visible effect of bodily movement which is an almost unconscious expressions of fixed muscular habits, reacting from fixed mental impression of certain ideas associated with script form.
Handwriting
Refers to any repeated elements of once handwriting which serves as an identifying characteristics.
Writing Habits
– elements of one’s writing that are sufficiently unique and well fixed to serve as a strong basis of individuality.
Significant Writing Habits
= refers to the relative degree of writing inclination relative to the baseline.
Slant
= an imaginary or straight line in which the writing rest.
Baseline
– the muscles that push up the pen to form the upward strokes of any character
EXTENSOR MUSCLES
– the group of muscles that push up the pen to form the downward strokes of any character.
FLEXOR MUSCLES
MUCLES WITH FUNCTION
EXTENSOR MUSCLES
FLEXOR MUCLES
– the letters are made entirely by the action of the thumb, the index and middle fingers.
FINGER MOVEMENT
The letters are produced by the action of the whole hand with the wrist as the center of action and with some actions of the fingers.
HAND MOVEMENT
The movement in writing is made by the hand and arm supported with the elbow of the center of the lateral swing.
ARM MOVEMENT
The action is produced by the entire arm without any rest. The source of motion is the shoulder.
WHOLE ARM MOVEMENT
latin word of document
lesson or example
a term used by some document and attorneys to characterized of known materials
exemplar
kinds of documents
public document
official document
private document
commercial document
a document created, executed or issued by public official.
public document
issued by the government or its agent or its officer having the authority to do so
official documents
every deed or instrument executed by a private person.
private document
any document defined and regulated by the code of commerce.
commercial document
two division of qde
criminalistics examination
handwritinginvestigation analysis
involves direction of forgery, erasure alteration or obliteration of documents
criminalistics examination
this is more focused in determining the author of writing.
handwriting investigation analysys
kinds of document
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
COMMERCIAL
OFFICIAL
documentum means
lesson or example
A term used by some document and attorneys
exemplar
a document created executed or issued by public officials
public documents
issued by the government
offcial document
a document that executed by a private person
private document
regulated by code oof commerce
commercial document
this involves the detection of forgery, erasures or alteration of document
criminalistics examinatioon
this is more focused in determining the author of writing
hand writing investigation analysis
refers in situation when a person as able to use right and left hand in writing
ambidextrous
writing in full name which i readable
formal
usually done by writing a first name , surname or the initials in signature
informal
coontains distinctive marks to easily identify fake
personalized
signature that cannot be read
careless scribble
placing a stamps on a paper document
stamped signature
impression by thumbnails
thumb print
created by scanning a paper document
scanned sig
refers to any property marks or element
characteristics
characteristics which are common
class charactersitics
highly personal or peculiar
individual characteristics
a normal deviation found in a repeated element
natural variation
weakening f strokes
tremor
beginning strke of any letter
initial stroke
ending stroke of a letter
ending stroke
the main portion of the letter
body
lower part which rest on the base line
foot
the side out portion of the curve
shoulder
the top outside portion of the letters
hump
any repeated element or details
habit
illegular thickening of ink found when writing slows down or stop
hesitation
a minute curve when ooften occurs at the beginning or ending
hook
an oblong curve
loop
a small loop formed inside the letters
eyelet
