Vocabulary
This is when a financial gain accompanies a forgery.
What is fraudulence?
This characteristic refers to if the letters flow or if they are erratic.
What is line quality?
This analyzes the pressure, rhythm, and speed of your signature.
What is a biometric signature pad?
This term refers to copying famous written works like a historic letter or manuscript.
What is literary forgery?
This man was a famous fraudster who now consults with the FBI and other agencies.
Who is Frank Abagnale?
A standard document of known origin and authorship used in handwriting analysis.
What is an exemplar?
This characteristic has to do with whether the writer lifts their pen.
What is continuous/continuity?
The computerized handwriting database that investigators can used to scan in handwritten documents for analysis and comparison.
What is FISH (Forensic Information System for Handwriting)?
Printing on chemically sensitive paper and printing in multiple color patterns are ways that bank prevent this.
What is check forgery?
The type of utensil, age, and mood all affect this.
What is handwriting?
The production of an imitation of currency, works of art, documents, and name-brand look-alikes for the purpose of deception.
What is counterfeiting?
This characteristic refers to how the writer places text on lined paper.
What are line habits?
The computerized database is maintained by this organization.
What is the Secret Service?
This man was responsible for forging 116 pages of a supposedly lost Mormon document.
Who is Mark Hofmann?
This man was found guilty for the Lindbergh kidnapping because of ransom notes that were analyzed by handwriting analysts.
Who is Bruno Richard Hauptmann?
Any signature, handwriting, typewriting, or other written mark whose source or authenticity is in dispute or uncertain.
What is a questioned document?
This characteristic deals with the ratio of height to width of the letters?
What is size consistency?
The color change that occurs when a counterfeit-detecting pen is used on a counterfeit bill is due to a reaction with this compound.
What is starch?
This is the amount of money that is received from cashing in illegitimate checks each day.
What is $27 million?
Handwriting analysis is often mistaken for this in which people analyze handwriting to determine personality traits of the writer.
What is graphology?
A person who scientifically analyzes handwriting.
Who is a document expert?
This characteristic has to do with the way that the writer dots their "i's" and crosses their "t's".
What is the placement of diacritics?
This process can be used to determine the type of ink used or if multiple inks were used.
What is infrared spectroscopy?
Ironically, this man's forgeries are collector's items today.
Who is Martin Coneely?
When is 1999?