Mathematics as a secret weapon against criminals

Title

Mathematics as a secret weapon against criminals: Employing score-based likelihood ratio systems for the comparison of handwriting and studying their quality of performance

 Author

Wijker, Alyssa (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Contributor

Söhl, J. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0002-0831-1714
Hensbergen, A.T. (graduation committee)

Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Programme

Applied Mathematics

 Project

AM3000

 Date

2022-07-01

 Abstract

In this report a new approach to (forensic) handwriting analysis is presented; score-based likelihood ratio (SLR) systems are employed and their quality of performance is studied. These systems compare elements of handwriting based on their characteristics and give an insight into the degree of uncertainty of the statement that two writings have the same writer. They can be used in forensic and fraud investigations.

 Subject

Score-based likelihood ratio
SLR
Likelihood ratio
LR
Handwriting analysis
Forensic statistics
Evidence evaluation

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Student theses

 Document type

bachelor thesis

 Rights

© 2022 Alyssa Wijker
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