The Manual Re-Assembly of Crosscut-Shredded Plastic Cards

Larry A. Olson

doi:10.69525/jasqde.273

The Manual Re-Assembly of Crosscut-Shredded Plastic Cards

Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

Volume 24 (2021): Issue 1

By: Larry A. Olson

Open Access

|Jun 2021

Abstract

A method was previously proposed to facilitate the assembly of crosscut shredded paper documents by manual means. Reassembling shredded plastic cards, such as debit, credit, or identity cards presents different challenges than paper documents but can also be less complex in several respects than reassembling shredded paper. This paper outlines a procedure that was used to reassemble a small amount of crosscut shredded plastic cards in actual casework.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.273 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287

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Language: English

Page range: 15 - 27

Published on: Jun 1, 2021

Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Questioned documents,

shredded documents,

document reconstruction,

plastic cards,

debit card,

credit card

© 2021 Larry A. Olson, published by American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
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