Forensic Examination of handwriting transcribed on an unusual surface
Amanpreet Kaur, Mohit and Garg R K
Punjabi University, India
: J Forensic Toxicol Pharmacol
Abstract
Forensic document examiners are, time and again, introduced with different challenges in handwriting examination which they have to deal with. One of those challenges includes examination of handwriting present on unusual surfaces such as mirror, balloon, skin etc. Several research studies have been reported on this aspect of handwriting examination, but no studies have been reported regarding the examination of handwriting transcribed on skin surface. Hence, present study has been conducted to found out the effect of skin on handwriting features. Handwriting samples from 30 individuals were collected both on skin surface and white A4 size sheet. Multiple handwriting features were studied and compared in both the writings transcribed on skin as well as A4 size sheet.
Biography
Amanpreet Kaur completed her masters in Forensic Science Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India. Currently, she is pursuing PhD in Forensic science with specialization in the field of handwriting examination from Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India. She also worked as lecturer at Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India for 2 years. She had 2 publications in reputed journals and presented 4 papers at international and national conferences. Mohit has done his Bachelors of Science with Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry as mandatory subjects. Recently, he has completed his Masters in Forensic Science from Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India with an aggregate of 75.43% in the session 2016-2018. He has completed his dissertation on the topic entitled, “To study the effect of unusual writing instrument and substrates on handwriting characteristics”. Presently he has no paper presented or published, but 2 papers are under process.
E-mail: kaur.amanpreet74@gmail.com hk.mohit8@gmail.com
