Step 1: Go to the Masquerade website and request the demo: https://www.nitesrl.com/products/masquerade/

Step 2: You will receive an email with a link to install the program and then you will need to open the program and get an activation code that you will email back to the company.

Step 3: Once you get the license information back populate it.

Step 4: Now you will need to download the handwriting samples from all of the students in the course. They are labeled sample1.pdf, sample2.pdf, and onward. Compare that to the Idiot Cops Letter.pdf file attached below.

Step 5: After comparing all of these documents, please pick the sample you think matches the letter below and submit the filename of your choice as well as the answers to the following questions in a lab/Word document.

a) What distinctive factors did you lock down to in your review and decision?

b) How many of the letters did you initially toss out just based on visual inspection?

c) Did you consider that the writer could have used faked handwriting to write out the sample?

d) What level of certainty would you give to your chosen document being the correct document?

Step 6: Submit the name of the file, as well as the answers to the above questions in a lab document into this dropbox.

NOTE: I recommend reading this document before starting the lab, it is an interesting read: http://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/docs/QuestionedDocuments.pdf