TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: Concept of Questioned Document

Document Defined

Kinds of Documents

Disputed Document

Aspects of Questioned Document Examination

Classes of Questioned Documents

Scientific Methods

Instruments Necessary

Care and Preservation of Documents

Historical Dev't of Question Doc. Examination

Techniques in Examination

CHAPTER II: Exemplar

Types of Handwriting Standards

Suggested Procedure

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Collecting Informal Exemplars

10

CHAPTER III: Handwriting & Signature Identification

Handwriting Defined

14

Physiological Basis

14

Muscles Involved in Handwriting

15

History of Handwriting

16

Variations in Handwriting

18

Disguises in Handwriting

29

CHAPTER IV: Identification of Writing Materials & Writing Instrument

Writing Materials

33

Writing Instruments

36

CHAPTER V: Forgery, Counterfeiting & Falsification

Forgery

41

Counterfeiting

42

Falsification

45

CHAPTER VI: Typewriter & Typewriting Examination

Typewriter

46

Types of Typeface Defects

47

CHAPTER VII: Provisions of Law

Evidence
Bill of Rights (1987 Phil. Constitution)
Criminal Law (JEMAA)
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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