TY - JOUR
T1 - Forensic study on inheritance and variability of handwriting features amongst English language writers
AU - Tobria, Manju
AU - Singal, Kusum
AU - Kumar, Vikas
AU - Sharma, Neelkamal
AU - Singh, Permila
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Introduction: Handwriting is a complex process. It needs a lot of efforts and practice to learn. It is executed by fingers, hand, wrist, forearm, arm, and brain. No two people can compose precisely the same. Aims and Objectives: To check the influence of heredity on handwriting characteristics. Materials and Methods: Study comprises of english handwriting samples collected from 4 members (father, mother, daughter, and son) of 50 families. Samples were analyzed on the basis of 12 characteristics of handwriting. Some peculiar letters such as “i”, “o”, “g”, “e”, “s”, “r”, “t” were examined in the handwriting sample. The analysis part was done by manual methods. Results: The maximum similarities in the pattern of handedness were found among father-son (100%) followed by mother-son (98%), mother-daughter (98%), siblings (96%) and father-daughter (96%). Conclusion: Present study concluded that father-son relationship has the majority of the similarities in handwriting.
AB - Introduction: Handwriting is a complex process. It needs a lot of efforts and practice to learn. It is executed by fingers, hand, wrist, forearm, arm, and brain. No two people can compose precisely the same. Aims and Objectives: To check the influence of heredity on handwriting characteristics. Materials and Methods: Study comprises of english handwriting samples collected from 4 members (father, mother, daughter, and son) of 50 families. Samples were analyzed on the basis of 12 characteristics of handwriting. Some peculiar letters such as “i”, “o”, “g”, “e”, “s”, “r”, “t” were examined in the handwriting sample. The analysis part was done by manual methods. Results: The maximum similarities in the pattern of handedness were found among father-son (100%) followed by mother-son (98%), mother-daughter (98%), siblings (96%) and father-daughter (96%). Conclusion: Present study concluded that father-son relationship has the majority of the similarities in handwriting.
KW - Forensic Science
KW - Handwriting
KW - Inheritance
KW - Questioned document
KW - Variability etc
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108455103&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5958/0974-083X.2020.00093.X
DO - 10.5958/0974-083X.2020.00093.X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108455103
SN - 0972-5687
VL - 20
SP - 28
EP - 33
JO - Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
JF - Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
IS - 2
ER -