Handwriting

Center for Statistics and Application in Forensic Evidence Update

November 29, 2022 / Publication / Footwear, Forensic Statistics, Handwriting

The information below highlights a sample of current research initiatives led by the CSAFE team. Additional accomplishments in other forensic science disciplines will be discussed in subsequent issues of Forensic

handwriter: a Demonstration and Update on CSAFE Handwriting Analysis

October 19, 2022 / Webinar / Forensic Statistics, Handwriting, Training and Education

This CSAFE webinar was held on October 18, 2022. Presenters: Alicia Carriquiry Director, CSAFE Distinguished Professor and President’s Chair, Department of Statistics – Iowa State University Stephanie Reinders Research Scientist,

Statistical support for weight of evidence determinations of handwriting evidence

July 19, 2022 / Presentation Slides / Forensic Statistics, Handwriting

Handwriting analysis is conducted through the expertise of Forensic Document Examiners (FDEs) by visually comparing writing samples. Through their training and years of experience, FDEs are able to recognize critical

Handwriting Identification using Random Forests and Score-based Likelihood Ratios

March 17, 2022 / Publication / Forensic Statistics, Handwriting

Handwriting analysis is conducted by forensic document examiners who are able to visually recognize characteristics of writing to evaluate the evidence of writership. Recently, there have been incentives to investigate

CSAFE 2021 Field Update

June 21, 2021 / Presentation Slides, Webinar / Bloodstain, Digital, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear, Forensic Statistics, Handwriting, Implementation and Practice, Latent Print, Training and Education

The 2021 Field Update was held June 14, 2021, and served as the closing to the first year of CSAFE 2.0. CSAFE brought together researchers, forensic science partners and interested

Handwriting Analysis at CSAFE

March 15, 2021 / Webinar / Handwriting

This CSAFE webinar was held on March 11, 2021. Presenter: Alicia Carriquiry Distinguished Professor and President’s Chair in Statistics, CSAFE Director Presentation Description: Forensic handwriting analysis relies on the principle

A clustering method for graphical handwriting components and statistical writership analysis

February 15, 2021 / Publication / Handwriting

Handwritten documents can be characterized by their content or by the shape of the written characters. We focus on the problem of comparing a person’s handwriting to a document of

Bayesian hierarchical modeling for the forensic evaluation of handwritten documents

December 14, 2020 / Dissertation, Publication / Handwriting

The analysis of handwritten evidence has been used widely in courts in the United States since the 1930s (Osborn, 1946). Traditional evaluations are conducted by trained forensic examiners. More recently,

CSAFE 2020 All Hands Meeting

May 19, 2020 / Webinar / Bloodstain, Digital, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear, Forensic Statistics, Handwriting, Implementation and Practice, Latent Print, Training and Education

The 2020 All Hands Meeting was held May 12 and 13, 2020 and served as the closing to the last 5 years of CSAFE research and focused on kicking off

An Exploratory Analysis of Handwriting Features: Investigating Numeric Measurements of Writing That Are Important for Statistical Modeling

February 22, 2020 / Presentation Slides / Handwriting

The goal of this presentation is to provide insights into which features of handwritten documents are important for statistical modeling with the task of writer identification and to discuss how

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