EXAMINATION OF IDEOGRAPHIC HANDWRITING (CHINESE AND JAPANESE)

• NCJ Number: 25010
• Journal: Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1974) Pages: 279-287
• Author(s): D A CROWN; T SHIMAOKA
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

GUIDELINES ON IDEOGRAPHIC HANDWRITING AND SEVERAL EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES FOR AUTHENTICATING SIGNATURES AND DETERMINING FORGERIES IN IDEOGRAPHIC HANDWRITING ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

THE AUTHORS STATE THAT ALTHOUGH STYLE AND EXECUTION OF IDEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ALPHABETIC OR PHONETIC SCRIPTS, THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN DOCUMENT EXAMINATION OF THE TWO ARE THE SAME. THE VARIOUS TYPES OF IDEOGRAPHIC WRITING AND THE WRITING TECHNIQUES USED TO PRODUCE THEM ARE REVIEWED. SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF IDEOGRAPHIC WRITING ARE PROVIDED. THE AUTHORS MAINTAIN THAT, WITH THE AID OF A LINGUIST WHO CAN READ AND WRITE AN IDEOGRAPHIC LANGUAGE, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR AN OCCIDENTAL QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINER TO MAKE MEANINGFUL EXAMINATIONS OF DOCUMENTS WRITTEN WITH IDEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS.