Standards of practice as indicator of forensic handwriting opinion value
Iga Starowicz · Issues of Forensic Science · 2019
The aim of the article is to provide a review of the standards regarding the work of experts performing examinations in order to elaborate opinions for the court, basing on an example of handwriting examiners. Our paper refers also to the admissibility of expert evidence in the light of rulings of US courts and the regulations on evidence. The article also makes references to the leading American and international organisations involved in the development of standards to improve the quality of handwriting comparative examinations. The question of attestation is related to this issue, as well, and certification of forensic laboratories, which is presented on the examples from American and Polish practice. In this respect, efforts are being made to harmonise and improve the quality of research to increase the value of expert evidence.