Farrell C. Shiver,
Forensic Document Examiner
Certification
Certified by the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
(ABFDE)
Court Experience
Testified as expert witness in
forensic document examination in federal, state, military courts,
and by deposition on more than 150 occasions
Training
Graduate of the two-year resident
training program in Forensic Document Examination conducted by the U.S. Army
Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL), Fort Gillem,
Georgia.
This
course of instruction is designed to prepare
graduates to serve as experts in:
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the comparison of
handwriting and hand printing
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the detection of
forged signatures and handwriting
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the examination of typewriting, computer
printed documents, and machine-produced copies
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the decipherment of altered,
obliterated and charred documents
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the examinations of inks
and paper
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decipherment of erased entries and
indented writings
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the detection of counterfeit documents
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the examination of
commercially printed matter
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the use of related
instrumentation
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other
miscellaneous document examinations
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court
testimony regarding forensic document examinations
Attendance at numerous
courses, workshops, and seminars in Forensic Document
Examination including:
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U. S. Secret Service
Questioned Document Course
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FBI Fundamentals of
Document Examination for Laboratory Personnel School
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FBI Advanced Techniques of
Document Examination for Laboratory Personnel -
Typewriters and Other Printing Devices
Education
Master of Science and Bachelor
of Science degrees
Professional Organizations
Past-President, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
(ASQDE)
Member, Questioned Documents Section, American Academy of Forensic
Sciences (AAFS)
Member, Southeastern Association of Forensic Document Examiners
(SAFDE)
Member, Committee E30 on
Forensic Sciences and the Questioned Documents Subcommittee,
ASTM International.
Previous Experience
Former Chief of the Questioned
Documents Division, Forensic Document Examiner - U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
(USACIL)
Former primary instructor for
the USACIL's two-year resident
training program in Forensic Document Examination
Previous Chairman of the
Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination
Subcommittee on Standard Operating Procedures and
Terminology (SWGDOC)
Retired Special Agent, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
(USACIDC)
Publications
and Papers
Previously Editor, Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
(JASQDE)
Author of numerous papers and articles on the subject of Forensic Document
Examination