This is a comprehensive update of Huber and Headrick's seminal work on handwriting examination. New coverage includes a review of forensic handwriting examination research, handwriting analysis training and proficiency, revised methods and procedures, an updated listing and clarification of terminology and electronic signatures, the analysis of digitized handwriting, and other related technological advances. The book includes updated photographs, several added illustrations, and advances in techniques based on the scientific research conducted in the area over the last 20 years.
Features of the new edition include:
With extensive photographs to help clearly illustrate concepts, Huber and Headrick’s Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals, Second Edition serves as an invaluable reference to law libraries, practicing document examiners, forensic and criminal justice students, and every lawyer handling cases in which the authenticity of handwriting and documents might be disputed.
Heidi Harralson, M.A., CDE, D-BFDE holds a Master’s degree in Handwriting Science & Forensic Document Examination, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona. She is a forensic document examiner with Spectrum Forensic International, LLC in Tucson, Arizona. An instructor, expert witness, and certified forensic document examiners with over 25 years of experience, she is board certification with the Board of Forensic Document Examiners whose certification procedures are accredited by the Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB).
Larry S. Miller, Ph.D., D-BFDE is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). He received his Bachelor of Science from ETSU, a Master of Science from Eastern Kentucky University, and his Ph.D. in Health & Safety with collaterals in Forensic Anthropology and Criminology from The University of Tennessee. Miller, who has worked as a police officer, criminal investigator, and crime laboratory director, teaches in the area of law enforcement and is the author of several books on topics including forensic document examination, criminal investigation, criminal justice report writing, police photography, and more.