Cognitive Human Factors and Forensic Document Examiner Methods and Procedures: Writing Characteristics, Visual Context, and Handwriting Examination Decision Accuracy
Authors
Mara L. Merlino
Mara Merlino is a Professor of Psychology and Sociology and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary M.A. Program in Behavioral Science at Kentucky State University. Her research interests include cognitive human factors in forensic science decision making, the production and use of expert testimony in the courts, judicial and jury decision-making, and the influence of extra-legal factors in the presentation of evidence; Kentucky State University
Veronica B. Dahir
Veronica Dahir is the Director of the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies (GSCJS) and Survey Operations Director for the Center for Surveys, Evaluation, and Statistics at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Her research interests include judicial and jury decision-making with respect to digital visual evidence and other scientific evidence in court, re-entry and restorative justice initiatives, and the analysis of justice-related data to improve evidence-based programs and policy; University of Nevada, Reno
Charles P. Edwards
Charles P. Edwards is a doctoral candidate in the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. Program at the University of Nevada, Reno and a graduate research assistant at the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies. He received his M.A. in Psychology in 2014 from Boston University. His research interests are in psychology and law; specifically, jury decision-making and judicial stress; University of Nevada, Reno
Derek L. Hammond
Derek L. Hammond is a forensic document examiner at the U.S. Army Defense Forensic Science Laboratory in Forest Park, GA. He received his B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Georgia, Athens. He received his certification from the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners in 2000. His research interests include the interpretation of signature features in comparison tasks, professional document examiner training and education, and validation of forensic document examiner methods and procedures; U.S. Army Defense Forensic Science Laboratory
Chandler Al Namer
Chandler Al Namer earned her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science from Kentucky State University, where she served as lead graduate assistant on this project. Her thesis addressed the need for validation of the reliability and validity of deception detection techniques for various methods of interrogation, Kentucky State University
Taleb Al Namer
Taleb Al Namer earned his B.A. in Social Work and minor in Management from Kentucky State University. He served as lead undergraduate research assistant on the project; Kentucky State University
Denise Schaar-Buis
Denise Schaar Buis, M.A., served as Program Officer for the Judicial Studies Program and the Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno for 25 years. After retirement, she continued parttime as a Research Faculty Associate with the Grant Sawyer Center working on justice-related research projects; University of Nevada, Reno
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.266 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 20
Published on: Dec 1, 2020
Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2020 Mara L. Merlino, Veronica B. Dahir, Charles P. Edwards, Derek L. Hammond, Chandler Al Namer, Taleb Al Namer, Denise Schaar-Buis, published by American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
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