ABSTRACT
A forensic document examination can involve the comparison of handwriting and signatures, typewriters and printing devices, alterations and obliterations of documents, counterfeiting, photocopy manipulation, rubber-stamp impressions, inks, paper, and much more. The document examiner may be involved in criminal cases involving written threats, anonymous letters, extortion, fraud, identity theft, elderly abuse, white-collar crime, and contract disputes. Many examiners are employed by government agencies. Other examiners in private practice are involved in civil casework, such as medical malpractice and insurance fraud.
