Handwriting Analysis

R. CHARLES ROEMMELT
Handwriting Expert

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Full time investigator for 30 years.
• 1970-71 Field experience as criminal justice intern handwriting specialist Federal Ombudsmen Program.
• 1972-76 Associated analysis in conjunction with New York State Police.
• 1977-78 Trained in the Federal Bureau of Investigations technique of Handwriting Analysis.
• 1978-present 26 years of regular and consistent examination of documents including but not limited to bank records, wills, codicils, consent forms, letters, releases, historical documents, signatures, work orders, bills of lading, voters registrations, threatening correspondences, graffiti and divorce decrees.
• 1982-1995 President of Probst Investigations, Inc.
• 1976-1995 Member of New York State Bar (now retired)
• 1978-present Testified in over one hundred forums: Workers’ Compensation Hearings, Department of Labor, Department of Education proceedings, Surrogate Courts, Family, Justice and Supreme Courts and numerous Administrative hearings.

EDUCATION

• B.A. Criminal Science, SUNY, Oswego, 1971.
• Juris Doctorate, Albany Law School, 1976.

EQUIPMENT

• Toshiba Pro M65 4.8 Megapixel Digital Still Camera; Bausch & Lomb Stereo Zoom 5 microscope; Olympus II 35mm Camera with extension and close-up lens; Canon Multifunction photo enlarger and printer; Magna Eye 2.75X, 3.75X, 4.75X Visual Enhancer; VSC-4 Video Spectral Comparator.

ANALYSIS PHlLOSOPHY

• The basic theory of handwriting analysis is that the natural and subconscious handwriting characteristics developed by an individual are products of the movement of the hand, as correlated by the mental process, which directs the writing. These two influences result in an infinite number of combinations of individual writing habits. Each combination represents some of the numerous psychological and physiological factors peculiar to the individual writer. There may be superficial and pictorial resemblances in the writing of two persons due to such influences as childhood training and similar style, the use of particular letter formations and other factors. There can also be differences in the penmanship style of a specific individual from time to time due to such factors as a change in writing position, condition, and the effects of illness, fatigue, or the aging process. There are also differences in individual style when a person is writing in a hurry, as opposed to taking their time and being more precise. There is also the possibility of deliberately assumed disguise and forgeries. However, detailed and expert analysis will, as a rule, reveal the hidden, automatic and internally individual characteristics on which the document examiner can base his conclusion.

LIBRARY:

• Professional Library of over 400 articles, textbooks, manuals and books about document examination and handwriting identification, including but not limited to FBI instruction and analysis manuals and comparison charts.