X-marks: Too simple to be useful?

• Authors: Raymond Marquis , Tacha Hicks , Williams David Mazzella
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents a case illustrating the value that can be elicited from simple handwritten entries such as X-marks. An experimental study was carried out for the case needs, where X-marks were collected from a population of 52 writers and classified ac­cording to the stroke direction. To fulfil the recommendations of the ENFSI guideline on evaluative reporting in forensic science, the results of this study were used to quantita­tively assess handedness of the writer of the questioned X-mark.

Keywords

EN

X-marks; handedness; forensic interpretation; evidence assessment; likelihood ratio

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Nowa kodyfikacja prawa karnego
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 49
• Pages: 103-110

Contributors

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Raymond Marquis

• School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Tacha Hicks

• School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Williams David Mazzella

• School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne, Switzerland