Problems of Forensic Sciences 2011 Vol. 85 (LXXXV) 25-39
NATURAL VARIATION IN MEASURABLE FEATURES OF INITIALS
Jowita MACIASZEK
Department of Criminalistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Streszczenie
The levels of natural variation, the distribution of this variation and correlation between absolute dimensions of initials and their ratios were studied in large samples of initials. Material was obtained from 30 women at weekly intervals for a duration of 15–25 weeks. A moderate level of variation in height and length of initials was found. In the case of other absolute dimensions and proportions, the level of variation was high and very high. The distribution of natural variants in the vast majority of cases was positively skewed. In most cases, there was no significant correlation between measured features.
Słowa kluczowe
Criminalistics; Questioned documents; Natural variation; Signatures; Initials; Dimensions.