Forensic Investigative and Evaluative Assessment of Handwritten X-Marks
By: Raymond Marquis, Tacha Hicks and Williams Mazzella
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.253 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 14
Published on: Jun 1, 2019
Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
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