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Hawkeye
Studios ®
Grapho-Lab ®
Services
Document /
Handwriting Examination & Analysis
 1. Forensic
Document / Handwriting Examination
2.
Trait - Behavioral -
Aptitude
/ Linguistic Profiles
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Contact / Payment Options
K. J.
Davies
Hawkeye
Studios, Grapho-Lab® services:
providing expert examination and analysis of documents / handwriting,
for determination of identity, authenticity, forgery,
fraud, alteration or for behavioral profiles from any documents bearing
handwriting or hand printing. The examiner,
Kenneth J. Davies, has been
court-qualified in numerous cases to provide forensic expert witness
testimony. ( Based in
Calgary, Alberta, we are also able to serve other locales, from Halifax
to
Vancouver, including Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina,
Saskatoon, Lethbridge, Edmonton --- and may
also accept US and international
cases. )
SERVICES
This
website is intended as an informative guideline to our services, but
does not constitute legal advice..
*** For any legal
questions, please consult an attorney at law ***
1. Questioned Documents
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[ forensic examination &
analysis ]
[ fee
base $ 160.00 CAD or USD per hr. ]
Whether it is a signature on a
cheque, a handwritten
codicil to a will, an anonymous letter, or any other document in which
the authorship of the
handwriting or of the
signature is questioned
or
contested (forgery), the
handwriting may be analyzed and compared to a known, trusted sample
(exemplar) to make a
determination as to authorship or authenticity.
In
some cases there is a
question as to whether a
document has been altered. Paper and ink are both
three-dimensional
media. Any attempts, therefore, at physical
alteration of documents, handwriting or signatures, even
when carefully disguised, must physically disrupt the paper, the
original ink, as well as the relationship of ink to paper.
Such alteration may be detected through microscopic examination,
and with the support of task-specific lighting and imaging
techniques.
Our proven three-stage Grapho-Lab®
Examinations
comprise:
- Macroscopic
Profiling
to
characterize each handwriting or font sample.
- Optical
/
Digital Microscopy w/ UV,
IR and
spectral
analysis.
- High-Res
Micrography
for
extended examination and
review.
Note:
Ink / Paper Analysis, Linguistic
Analysis, Latent Fingerprint Disclosure and
other adjunctive forensics may be made available when deemed supportive
to your case.
The
physical integrity, chain of custody,
security and confidentiality of all submitted documents is
conscientiously preserved while in our care.
Our
"On-Location" examination services may be
made available in such cases where documents cannot be released
directly to our custody.
Expert
Testimony:
Handwriting
examiner Kenneth
J. Davies may provide court-qualified expert testimony in
support of his examinations. Where location is time/cost
prohibitive, video deposition is an available option.
Some
Document Guidelines:
The
most definitive analytic results may derive
from an examination of original (and similar type) documents.
However, when some
or all of the documents must be submitted as facsimiles (copies),
please submit optimal
(best available)
and earliest-generation
(oldest) copies available.
An Examination
for Determination
of Authorship requires
that we receive, along
with the questioned
document, some documents for comparison (exemplars) which contain
writing or signatures that are known to be genuine. We can
advise you as to the type, the number, and the form of exemplars that
should be provided.
An Examination
for Determination
of Alteration has
varying requirements,
depending upon the nature
of the questioned documents. Please consult us regarding
document submission requirements in each particular case.
Our
Report:
A verbal report, or a letter
of preliminary results, or a formal
report with referenced exhibits, as
appropriate to your requirements, may be issued following an
examination. When required for court filing and preparation
for expert testimony, our formal report will include a Summary
Statement of Results, a Statement of the Examiner's Qualifications, and
may include a notarized Statutory Declaration or Affidavit.
Timeframe:
Turnaround
time for a completed report will vary,
depending upon our extant case commitments and the specific
requirements of any particular analysis. In any
case, we will estimate a
working time frame both for the
completion of the analysis and delivery of our report.
Our
Fees:
Prior to
undertaking an examination, we
will quote a flat fee based on the estimated
requirements of the examination, the report preparation and report
inclusions, at $160.00 per hour. Court
time, if
required, will be quoted at the same hourly rate, plus any
significant
related expenses.
Our quoted fee must be
paid prior to beginning an examination, to avoid
any appearance of monetary influence on the outcome, which is, and must
be seen to be, an unbiased forensic analysis of the submitted documents.
(
All
non-Canadian clients will be quoted
in USD )
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2. Trait / Behavioral Profiling
[
occupational /
clinical /
investigative ] [ fee
base $ 160.00 CAD or USD per hr. ]
An
individual's handwriting is, in effect,
a graphic representation of the patterns of that person's mind, as it
pertains to traits, aptitudes, emotions and characteristic response to
people, environment or circumstance.
Grapho-Analysis
is one of the more
specific of the behavioral, trait, and aptitude
assessment tools that may be utilized for occupational,
clinical or investigative application.
In occupational
application,
individuals and their companies both benefit from
an assessment of individual strengths and aptitudes.
In clinical
application,
our
assessments are available to support the work
of psychologists and other such qualified counselors.
In investigative
application,
such profiles can contribute
substantively to an
investigation, and may also be used consultatively in jury selection.
Profile
Analyses are available as follows:
- SIGNATURE
ANALYSIS
( signature only )
- TEXT
ANALYSIS ( body of writing )
- TEXT
& SIGNATURE ( with
full comparative analysis )
The most detailed
assessments are obtained
from original samples; however, useful profiles can also be obtained
from facsimiles (copies). Please first consult us for
guidelines if you intend to provide handwriting or signature samples
that are created specifically for the analysis.
If known, please
include the following
information about the writer of a sample: age,
gender, left
/ right-handed, physical / sight impairments.
Note:
Forensic
Linguistic Analysis
may also be made availabe as a collaborative or referred
service if deemed to be of special value or support to your case.
Our quoted fee is
required in
full to begin an analysis.
( All non-Canadian clients will
be quoted in USD )
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 Kenneth
John Davies B.Sc
C.Ga QDE/CFC ACFE
Examiner,
Questioned
Documents / Handwriting & Signatures
Beginning
with investigative document work within government and in the insurance
industry, Kenneth John Davies brings professional objectivity, strict
confidentiality and expertise acquired over several decades
in document examination, handwriting and signatures, and in
the
provision of court-qualified forensic expert witness testimony.
"The
light of
knowledge shall
guide me to the truth, and with justice the truth shall prevail"
-- The Creed
of The Forensic
Examiner
"... I
wish to thank you for your assistance to (name) as I am certain that
your analysis report was a factor in the accused realizing that he had
made an error in refuting the signature as his own."
--
Robert Beck, Crown Prosecutor, Edmonton
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To
discuss your requirements, to obtain a
fee quote, or to retain our services and submit documents for
examination, you may contact us confidentially
by e-mail, phone, fax, or regular
mail:
Hawkeye
Studios ( Grapho-Lab®
Services )
75
Bernard Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada T3K 2B5
phone:
403.295.3556
( fax:
403.398.1522 )
E-mail service@hawkeyestudios.com
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( Note: Email enquiries may receive more prompt and detailed response than phone messages. )
When you have our fee quote, you can
make payment -- concurrent with your document submission --
by one of the following means:
>
law firm trust cheque / personal cheque
payable to Hawkeye
Studios, together with documents submission
>
secure on-line bank Interac*
e-transfer
using service@hawkeyestudios.com email address
* Submission of documents may be in person by appointment or by courier delivery (especially if original documents may be included) -- or -- via email attachment option in the case of submission only of photocopies.
Please inquire if in doubt about what to submit and how best to make your documents submissions.
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