Chapter 8 - Standards for Forensic Document Examiners

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Forensic document examiners (FDEs) follow standards for methodology and competence. An array of 21 standards developed by the Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination (SWGDOC) was published by ASTM International covering the Scope of Work of Forensic Document Examiners to a Standard for Altered Documents and many more specific examinations. Beginning in 2012, the ASTM standards pertaining to FDE began to be replaced as they expire by standards generated and published by SWGDOC. The American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (ABFDE) continues to certify the competence of FDEs through their testing and certification program.