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Forensic Science Module 10 Text Questions

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Review Questions 1.What is a questioned document? Describe at least one example of something that might be a questioned document. A questioned document is any document with handwriting or typewriting that is in question as to its authenticity. Something that might be classified as a questioned document is passports or contracts or even wills. 2.What is an exemplar? What are the best types of exemplars? Exemplars are authentic samples that are compared with the questioned document. The best types of examplers are the ones that are as similar as possible. 3.What are natural variations? Describe how these may happen. Natural variations are the small differences that appear in any repeated samples of a person’s handwriting. Over …show more content…

5. A law enforcement agent is in charge of getting a writing sample from an uncooperative suspect. The agent puts the suspect in a comfortable room and has the person choose from a bunch of pencils and ink pens. The agent takes the questioned document and dictates the information to the suspect, having the suspect write down what she says as she reads from the questioned document. After several paragraphs, the agent stops and has the suspect rewrite the material two more times. What did the agent do wrong in this situation? What did the agent do right? The thing that the agent did wrong was having the suspect choose what she wanted to write with instead of giving her one choice. The agents had her read the document and write it three

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