ST.
PAUL UNIVERSITY SURIGAO
SURIGAO CITY
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
SHENNA C. ECOL March 22, 2021
BS-Crimilogy 301
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
1. Personalities in Questioned Documents Examination
Albert Sherman Osborn was the first President of the American Society of Questioned Document
Examiners.
Born in 1858 on a farm near Grass Lake, Michigan, Mr. Osborn was the second of six children. In
Grass Lake, he did the usual farm labor and attended the nearby country school. Farm life didn't
appeal to him so he attended the State College at Lansing where he became interested in the art
of penmanship. With sufficient training and practice, he felt he could become a teacher of
penmanship.
2. World's Cases on Disputed Document
Threats Missing persons
Drug manufacturing and distribution Embezzlement
Inappropriate contact Fraud and forgery
Witness tampering
3. Kinds of Document
Public Documents- are those which is made by the public servant during the course of
performing his duty and these documents are also documents published by the sovereign
authority and the legislature.
o Affidavits
o Birth Certificate
o Death Certificate
Private Documents- Private documents are those documents that are prepared by a
person in his private interest and right.
o Personal letter
o Will and Testaments
Commercial Documents- are written records of commercial transactions describing various
aspects of those transactions. They may include orders, invoices, shipping documents,
transport papers, and certificates of origin.
o Shipping documents
o Certificate of origin of goods
Electronic Documents- An electronic document is any electronic media content that is
intended to be used in either an electronic form or as printed output. Originally, any
computer data were considered as something internal — the final data output was always
on paper.
o Scanned Documents
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY SURIGAO
SURIGAO CITY
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
SHENNA C. ECOL March 22, 2021
BS-Crimilogy 301
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
Official Documents- a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right.
legal document, legal instrument, instrument. document, papers, written document - writing that
provides information (especially information of an official nature)
o Police Clearance
o Medical Records
4. Instruments and Apparatus used in Questioned Document Examination
Video Spectral Comparator (VSC)
Electrostatic Detection Apparatus
(ESDA)
Stereo-Microscope, Spectrophotometer
Fingerprint Live Scanner
NIST Standard ruler
Protractor
Computer
Flatbed Scanner
Lupe
Optical Microscope
IR and UV viewing scope