title: On the "general acceptance" of handwriting identification principles.
abstract: Informed by the admissibility requirements of the broad and narrow Frye tests as well as Daubert's general acceptance factor, the present study elicited the views of a homogeneous group of forensic document examiners and a heterogeneous group of handwriting scientists regarding the degree to which a set of principles relating to the nature of handwriting and its identification were generally accepted within the respondents' fields. Among forensic document examiners, the greatest agreement was found concerning the process of examination, and somewhat less agreement on other matters. Forensic document examiners and handwriting scientists appear not to agree on the acceptability of most of the propositions.
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, College of Law & Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Law Science and Technology, P.O. Box 877906 Tempe, AZ 85287-7906, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Saks
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: VanderHaar
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004282:Documentation; D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D015588:Observer Variation; D011361:Professional Competence; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results