What to look for when appointing a Forensic Handwriting Examiner
Read more →Would you like to study forensic handwriting examination but don’t have time to attend classes? Are you a disciplined, motivated distance student? Graphanex offers online forensic handwriting training with dedicated online tutors. To register your interest in online forensic handwriting training, contact us. Online forensic handwriting training
Read more →Forensic Handwriting Examination Course Forensic Handwriting Examination is the examination of handwriting to establish genuineness of writing/signatures in questioned documents The course is offered online with tutor guided tutorials. Who should register? Anyone interested in examining the genuineness of documents. For a video explanation of the
Read more →Interesting article about ongoing research into the link between handwriting and the brain. https://www.israel21c.org/how-our-handwriting-reveals-our-mood/ This link between handwriting and the brain is important both for the forensic handwriting examiner who examines questioned writing, and the handwriting analyst who analyses personality through handwriting. There are unconscious, involuntary movements
Read more →An interesting read based on research conducted in the US to determine the link between social cynicism and unethical behaviour. This relationship between social cynicism and ethical behaviour, is also often encountered in the field of forensic document examination in South Africa. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pb-whmonthly/news/education/sd-me-sdsu-ethics-20171227-story.html The negative impact of
Read more →Children learning cursive. https://youtu.be/jxYEnynYwZI What strikes me as I view the video, is that something which was so normal to teach a couple of decades ago, has become a novelty. Although the children are not aware of the significance of learning cursive writing, those of us in
Read more →http://www.pens.com/blog/the-benefits-of-handwriting-vs-typing/ This article is a further reminder of the importance of learning to write in cursive. Enough research exists to link the learning of cursive writing, to effective learning, i.e. children and students who take down notes by writing them learn more effectively than those taking down
Read more →http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3555 Writing and the Brain: Neuroscience Shows the Pathways to Learning – article by Judy Wills, neurologist and learning specialist While the debate rages on about whether schools should drop the teaching of cursive writing, more and more research has demonstrated a definite link between handwriting and cognitive and
Read more →Once again, a snippet of handwriting of a famous South African personality has surfaced and been analysed to see if there are any ‘juicy’ bits of information which can be gleaned from it. The analysis of small snippets of handwriting of well known personalities, raises questions of sensationalism
Read more →At times the forensic handwriting examiner is called upon to be an expert witness. An expert witness is generally assumed to have the appropriate knowledge, skills and training and therefore expertise in a particular field. According to Dror (2011), this expertise is acquired through
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