@misc{Marquis_Raymond_X-marks:_2018, author={Marquis, Raymond and Mazzella, Williams David and Hicks, Tacha}, copyright={Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.}, address={Wrocław}, howpublished={online}, year={2018}, publisher={Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego}, language={eng}, abstract={This paper presents a case illustrating the value that can be elicited from simple handwritten entries such as X-marks. An experimental study was carried out for the case needs, where X-marks were collected from a population of 52 writers and classified ac­cording to the stroke direction. To fulfil the recommendations of the ENFSI guideline on evaluative reporting in forensic science, the results of this study were used to quantita­tively assess handedness of the writer of the questioned X-mark.}, title={X-marks: Too simple to be useful?}, keywords={X-marks, handedness, forensic interpretation, evidence assessment, likelihood ratio}, }