International E-publication: Publish Projects, Dissertation, Theses, Books, Souvenir, Conference Proceeding with ISBN.  International E-Bulletin: Information/News regarding: Academics and Research

Determination of the hand of the writer based on Handwriting characteristics

    , , , ,

Author Affiliations

  • 1Institute of Forensic Sciences, GFSU Gandhinagar, India
  • 2Institute of Forensic Sciences, GFSU Gandhinagar, India
  • 3Institute of Forensic Sciences, GFSU Gandhinagar, India
  • 4Institute of Forensic Sciences, GFSU Gandhinagar, India
  • 5Institute of Forensic Sciences, GFSU Gandhinagar, India

Res. J. Forensic Sci., Volume 8, Issue (2), Pages 9-19, July,29 (2020)

Abstract

Handwriting is a complex act and a highly developed skill. Many influences affect the development of each person’s handwriting ability, bringing about one of the kind and unique style of each individual writer. When in any case, involving handwriting arises, document examiners need to use a systematic approach for determining the authorship of the document. Additionally, the differentiation in the handedness of the writer can narrow down the suspect list and can form a corroborative evidence. To study the differentiation and to compare left-handed writing with right-handed writing, the present study was conducted at GFSU, Gandhinagar. 100 handwriting samples of subjects falling in age group of 18-30 years, 50 of right-handed writer and 50 of left-handed writer were selected given standard content for writing three times on blank A4 sheet with blue ball point pen. A significant difference was noted in the characteristic features like staffs, strokes, slopes and word formation of characters in left-handed and right-handed writing.

References

  1. Harralson, H. H., & Miller, L. (2018)., Huber and Headricks handwriting identification: Facts and fundamentals., Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
  2. Manju, S. and Alpha, K. (2017)., Differentiation and Comparison of Left handed and Right handed writers on the basis of Strokes and Slope of letter., International Journal of Current Research and Review, 9(11), 06-09. doi:10.7324/ijcrr.2017.9112
  3. Koppenhaver M. Katherine (2007)., Forensic Document Examination., Humana Press.
  4. J. E. Franks. and T. R. Davis (1985)., Variability of stroke direction between left and right-handed writer. Journal of the Forensic Science Society, (28), 353-370., undefined
  5. J. L. Smart, C. Jeffery and B. Richards (1956)., A retrospective of relationship between birth history and handedness at six years., Early Human Development, (10), 56-60
  6. Mourougan, Sendil, and K. Sethuraman (2017)., Hypothesis Development and Testing., IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 19(5), 34-40, doi:10.9790/487x-1905013440.
  7. Alternative Hypothesis (2017)., Definition of Alternative Hypothesis in Statistics., oer2go.org/mods/en-boundless/ www.boundless.com/definition/alternative-hypothesis/ index.html.
  8. Mathur Surbhi (2017)., Determining Sequence of Strokes of Green Pen Ink and Blue Seal., Journal of Forensic Sciences & amp; Criminal Investigation, 4(1). doi:10.19080/jfsci.2017.04.555628.
  9. Bensefia, A., Paquet, T., & Heutte, L. (2004)., Handwriting analysis for writer verification., In Ninth International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, pp. 196-201. IEEE.doi: 10.1109/iwfhr.2004.49
  10. Wilson, D. (1891)., The right hand: Left-handedness. London., New York: Macmillan. doi: 10.1017/cbo9781139382007.011
  11. Ron. N. Morris (2000)., Forensic Handwriting Identification‖., Academic Press Inc; 1st edition; ISBN-10: 0125076401; ISBN-13: 978-0125076401
  12. Sargur N. Srihari (2002)., Individuality of Handwriting., J Forensic Sci, 47(4). Paper ID JFS2001227_474
  13. Jan Seaman Kelly and Brian S. Lindblom (2006)., Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents‖., CRC Press. ISBN 9780849320446