Scientific Examination of Documents: Methods and Techniques, Fourth Edition

Revised and expanded to reflect the most recent innovations in the field, The Scientific Examination of Documents, Fourth Editionis a handy, accessible volume detailing current best-practices for forensic document examination.\nSince the first edition published in 1989, there have been drastic changes in the field of forensic document examination―both from the use of the analytic techniques available to the professional examiner―and the changes to technology in office and printing equipment and inks. The purpose of analyzing any material used in the production of a questioned document, such as an ink or a piece of paper, is to compare it with another material elsewhere in the questioned document itself―or on another document―to determine whether or not they share a common origin. There may also be a need to provide information for the investigator about the possible origins of the document.\nThis latest edition reflects the myriad changes and advances that have occurred in the last 10 to 15 years. Topics covered include: current thinking on handwriting interpretation; accidental and deliberate modification of handwriting; the proper collection of samples; a discussion of shredded documents; professional accreditation standards, qualifications, and training; and modern digital imaging and analysis of documents and handwriting utilizing software and imaging, including reconstruction of an image from erasures, obliteration and other document altering methods. A new section addresses cognitive bias and Chapter 8 is completely updated to cover the advances in print and photocopied documents, based on current technology, and analytical developments in the comparison of such documents.\nKey features:\nDiscusses issues regarding handwritten, photocopied, and printed documents―including inkjet versus digital printing\nPresents the advances and capabilities modern office fax, photocopy, and printing technologies―and implications for document examination\nDetails and reinforces the importance of ensuring proper scientific methods during an examination\nAddresses current Raman spectroscopy, UV-VIS, mass spectroscopy, and SEM analysis techniques\nHighlights the importance, and implications, of biological and fingerprint evidence from documents that can be collected, examined, and utilized in a case\nThe Scientific Examination of Documents, Fourth Edition serves as an invaluable resource to established professionals, those just entering the field, and legal and investigative professionals outside the discipline who have a professional interest dealing with questioned documents in the course of their work.

Politics & Social Sciences

Davies, Christopher

Day, Stephen

Ellen, David

Social Sciences

CRC-Press

The animate created by Murdoch Jannan to assist in the work of magic has gone missing. Activated by Peter Olmstead, a desperate man, the animate claims the life given it by chance and flees from the the Wizard Houses of Serac. Not one can imagine this being's existence, much less its goals. Claiming a name and a future the animate plots against all that is. The Way mages alone see an adversary, a threat to all that exists. First among them is Tara Mercer. Her path is guided by the Way, by the Earth. Slowly, men, states, and gods, wake from slumber, casting their lot with either side of a struggle that will reshape a world. Arcane is the first book in a series of three.

Arcane

Literature & Fiction

Centigrade Zero

It takes the proper application of the appropriate methods to either confirm or disprove the authenticity of a handwriting sample that appears on a document. The conclusion may mean substantiating a person’s intent and preventing a fraud. Revised and expanded to reflect the most recent innovations in the field of forensic document examination, Scientific Examination of Documents: Methods and Techniques, Third Edition explains the various methods used to scrutinize documents in question. 
This essential, cutting-edge book begins with an assessment of handwriting techniques, the accidental and deliberate modification of handwriting, and the proper collection of samples. It also reviews traditional and modern typewriting technologies, as well as the analysis of photocopies, incidental marks, the functions of photography in document examination, and courtroom applications. 
This New Edition: 
þ Provides an illustration of the latest methods of document examination 
þ Includes a comparison between ink jet and laser printing 
þ Explains the improvements made to the Video Spectral Comparator (VSC) 
To avoid the consequences that may occur from not fully substantiating a document’s authenticity, Scientific Examination of Documents: Methods and Techniques, Third Edition is an important guide to refer to at all times. 
Features 
<li>Discusses issues regarding handwritten, printed, and photocopied documents </li> <li>Details techniques for the examination of the materials of documents </li> <li>Illustrates the necessity of employing proper scientific methods during an examination</li>

Scientific Examination of Documents: Methods and Techniques, Third Edition (International Forensic Scientific & Investigation Series)

Criminal Law

Intended for undergraduate and graduate courses in plant development, this book explains how the cells of a plant acquire and maintain their specific fates. Plant development is a continuous process occurring throughout the life cycle, with similar regulatory mechanisms acting at different stages and in different parts of the plant. Rather than focussing on the life cycle, the book is structured around these underlying mechanisms, using case studies to provide students with a framework to understand the many factors, both environmental and endogenous, that combine to regulate development and generate the enormous diversity of plant forms. 
<ul> <li>New approach to the study of plant development and a refreshing look at this fast-moving area. 
</li> <li>Authors focus their discussion on the basic mechanisms which underpin plant development, tackling the fundamental question of how a single cell becomes a complex flowering plant from a cellular perspective. 
</li> <li>An up-to-date, modern text in plant development for advanced level undergraduates and postgraduates in plant science. 
</li> <li>Thought-provoking treatment of a difficult subject, the text will satisfy the needs of advanced level undergraduates and postgraduates in plant science. 
</li> <li>Experimental case studies throughout. 
</li> <li>The artwork from the book is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/leyser</li> </ul>

Mechanisms in Plant Development

Science & Math

Leyser, Ottoline

Biological Sciences

Blackwell Science Ltd.

Revised and expanded to reflect the most recent innovations in the field, The Scientific Examination of Documents, Fourth Edition is a handy, accessible volume detailing current best-practices for forensic document examination. Since the first edition published in 1989, there have been drastic changes in the field of forensic document examination―both from the use of the analytic techniques available to the professional examiner―and the changes to technology in office and printing equipment and inks. The purpose of analyzing any material used in the production of a questioned document, such as an ink or a piece of paper, is to compare it with another material elsewhere in the questioned document itself―or on another document―to determine whether or not they share a common origin. There may also be a need to provide information for the investigator about the possible origins of the document. This latest edition reflects the myriad changes and advances that have occurred in the last 10 to 15 years. Topics covered include: current thinking on handwriting interpretation; accidental and deliberate modification of handwriting; the proper collection of samples; a discussion of shredded documents; professional accreditation standards, qualifications, and training; and modern digital imaging and analysis of documents and handwriting utilizing software and imaging, including reconstruction of an image from erasures, obliteration and other document altering methods. A new section addresses cognitive bias and Chapter 8 is completely updated to cover the advances in print and photocopied documents, based on current technology, and analytical developments in the comparison of such documents. Key features: <ul>
<li>Discusses issues regarding handwritten, photocopied, and printed documents―including inkjet versus digital printing</li> <li>Presents the advances and capabilities modern office fax, photocopy, and printing technologies―and implications for document examination</li> <li>Details and reinforces the importance of ensuring proper scientific methods during an examination </li> <li>Addresses current Raman spectroscopy, UV-VIS, mass spectroscopy, and SEM analysis techniques</li> <li>Highlights the importance, and implications, of biological and fingerprint evidence from documents that can be collected, examined, and utilized in a case</li> </ul>
The Scientific Examination of Documents, Fourth Edition serves as an invaluable resource to established professionals, those just entering the field, and legal and investigative professionals outside the discipline who have a professional interest dealing with questioned documents in the course of their work.

Bonkers!!: Ballooning, Guddling and Other Wild Stories

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Lulu Press, Inc.

The new Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge's Botanic Garden, opening in late 2011, will be the leading international centre for the study of plant science, and enabled by the bequest of the Sainsbury family. The book is divided into three sections; "science", "architecture" and "art". The "science" refers to the scientific practice of the laboratory, the "architecture" to the cutting-edge building and the "art" to the profiled artists who are involved in the project. The Sainsbury Laboratory provides a brief history of plant science, with Darwinist theory setting the context for the centre and today's research. The Botanic Garden first opened in Cambridge in 1762. It was shortly after this that Professor John Stevens Henslow first undertook his studies into plants, and planted trees to use as teaching aids; amongst his students was Charles Darwin. Henslow's teachings in Cambridge are thought to be the inspiration by which Darwin set out his own thinking. Both Henslow's and Darwin's plant specimens are housed in the Herbarium at the laboratory, which holds a collection of over one million plant specimens from all over the world and from throughout thehistory of scientific plant study.The Sainsbury Laboratory discusses the architecture of the Sainsbury Laboratory designed and built by Stanton Williams Architects, with sketches and photographs of the building from conception to completion. The "Art" section of the book includes interviews with the three artists specially commissioned to provide installations at the Laboratory --Norman Ackroyd, Susanna Heron and William Pye.The book's sections are written by different experts in the field and include a Foreword by Lord David Sainsbury and interviews with American plant scientist Elliott Meyerowitz, laboratory specialists and the architects involved in the project. Beautifully illustrated, The Sainsbury Laboratory provides an in-depth look at the important fields of plant science, public art and architecture.

The Sainsbury Laboratory: Science, Architecture, Art

Arts & Photography

Rose, Steve

Parker, John.

Architecture

Artifice, Inc.

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