Diploma in Document Examination

Syllabus

General assessments of questioned documents
Definition, Classification of documents, procurement of standard admitted / specimen writings,
handling and marking of documents, preliminary examination of documents, basic of
handwriting identification individuality of handwriting, natural variations, process of
comparison, various types of documents genuine and forged documents, holographic documents,
basic tools needed for forensic documents examination and their use.

Handwriting
Definition, various writing features and their estimation, general characteristics of handwriting,
individual characteristics of handwriting, Disguised writing and anonymous letters, Identification
of written, examination of signatures characteristics of genuine and forded signatures,
examination of alterations, erasers overwriting, additions and obliterations decipherment of
secret, indented and charred documents, examination of seal impression and other mechanical
impressions. Practical’s Identification of handwriting – General characteristics, natural
variations, fundamental divergences and individual characteristics. Detection of simulated, traced
forgeries and disguised handwritings. Study of the handwriting of person suffering form illness
and handwriting written on unusual surface.