Links

Standards and Quality Control

• Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination (SWGDOC)

• American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD)

Strengthening Forensic Science

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Organization of Scientific Area Committees

• National Commission on Forensic Science Work Products

• PCAST Report on Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods

• Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States (NAS report)

Forensic Science Organizations

• American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE)
  offers referral listings of members in private practice, schedule of upcoming seminars, e-mail directories, and forensic links

• American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (ABFDE)
  responsible for certifying qualified Forensic Document Examiners; the site provides information on the procedure for becoming certified

• Southeastern Association of Forensic Document Examiners (SAFDE)
  regional organization with membership based primarily in the southeastern section of the U.S.

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
  organization that includes practitioners and researchers in the many diverse fields of forensic science

• Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences
  a professional organization with international membership

Journals and Publications

• Forensic Science Communications
  online articles of research conducted in many areas of forensic science

Forensic Equipment

• Foster and Freeman

• Mideo Systems

• www.limsfinder.com

Other

• Graphics Atlas
  Reference for characterization and identification of traditional and digital printing processes

• “Computational Methods for Handwritten Questioned Document Examination” by Dr. Srihari

• The American Institute of Applied Science letter that explains their Questioned Documents course does not qualify one to become a Document Examiner and that the Institute does not certify Document Examiners.

• Leonardo da Vinci
  See how the artist writes in reverse

• Individuality in Handwriting
  NIJ-sponsored research on handwriting identification and development of computerized handwriting comparison