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1st Session: Introduction to Signature Verification

  1. Introduction
  2. Definition of Terms in Signature Verification (SV) and the Study of Questioned Documents
  3. Handwriting Characteristics and Peculiarities
  4. Comparison and Analysis of Handwriting
  5. Characteristics of a Signature
  6. Knowledge Check: Definition of Terms in SV

2nd Session: Methods of Comparing Signatures

  1. Handwriting/Signature Verification and Its Limitations
  2. Methods of Comparing Signatures: ROADS
    1. Relative Size of Capital and Small Letters and the Baseline
    2. Ornamentation of Signatures
    3. Arrangement of Letters
    4. Design of Letters
    5. Slanting of Letters
  3. Tools in Signature Verification
  4. Specimen vs. Questioned Signature
  5. Knowledge Check: Signature Comparison

3rd Session: Signature Verification

  1. Rules in Signature Verification
  2. Practical Approach to Signature Verification
  3. Counter-Measures and Preventive Mechanisms for government
  4. Knowledge Check: Signature Analysis

4th Session: Forged Signatures

  1. Types of Forgery
  2. Characteristics of Genuine Signatures
  3. Genuine vs. Forged Signatures
  4. Indications of Forgery
  5. Document Alterations
  6. Discussion of Related Bank Cases and Modus Operandi
  7. Penalties for Falsification of Signatures and Documents
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