FRSC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Graphology, Stoping, Junk Science
6 Apr 2017
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Crime, law, science: questioned documents & digital forensics. Criminal intent (mens rea) recent study identifies brain regions activated in the context of knowingly performing an act vs. recklessly performing that act. Forensic psychiatry update: atkins vs. virginia (2002), the supreme court ruled that intellectually disabled individuals could not be executed. Exemplars ( knowns ; controls : baseline evidence that ideally and clearly demonstrate potentially unique characteristics. Handwriting: natural variation for a given style (cursive v printed), instrument (pencil v pen), etc: when it is not standardized: non-requested exemplar (no control, when you write in a manner dictated by an exemplar: requested. Questioned documents: a qd is any written or printed communication between individuals whose source or authenticity is in doubt, need not be written on paper (graffiti, tattoo, etc. ), need not be written in ink (lipstick, blood, etc. : include commonly forged documents:
