Journal Published Online: 01 January 2005
Volume 50, Issue 1

On the “General Acceptance” of Handwriting Identification Principles

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Informed by the admissibility requirements of the broad and narrow Frye tests as well as Daubert's general acceptance factor, the present study elicited the views of a homogeneous group of forensic document examiners and a heterogeneous group of handwriting scientists regarding the degree to which a set of principles relating to the nature of handwriting and its identification were generally accepted within the respondents' fields. Among forensic document examiners, the greatest agreement was found concerning the process of examination, and somewhat less agreement on other matters. Forensic document examiners and handwriting scientists appear not to agree on the acceptability of most of the propositions.

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Saks, MJ
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
VanderHaar, H
Arizona State University, AZ
Pages: 8
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Stock #: JFS2003387
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2003387