Detecting forgery : forensic investigation of documents /

"Joe Nickell's Detecting Forgery guides the reader through the process of sniffing out fake documents. The book begins by explaining the evolution of handwriting and moves on to cover topics as varied as spectral analysis and the use of microscopes and fingerprinting. Detailed photographs...

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Main Author: Nickell, Joe
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Edition:Pbk. ed.
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505 0 |a Pt. 1. Handwriting -- 1. The written word -- 2. Examining handwriting and typewriting -- 3. Forged writing -- Pt. 2. Additional aspects -- 4. A multi-evidential approach -- 5. Macroscopic and microscopic study -- 6. Spectral techniques -- 7. Chemical and instrumental tests. 
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650 0 |a Writing  |x Identification. 
650 0 |a Signatures (Writing) 
650 0 |a Legal documents  |x Identification. 
650 0 |a Evidence, Expert. 
650 0 |a Forgery. 
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