Professional approach
The work centres on the text and the questions posed: which features need to be examined, which samples are comparable, what limitations the material has and which findings fall within the scope of specialist knowledge.
Training and experience
Professional retraining in textual authorship analysis.
Expert practice since 2020.
Membership and insurance
Andrei Viktorovich is a member of SUDEX.
His professional liability as a forensic expert is insured with Absolut Strakhovanie LLC for RUB 5,000,000.
An examination may cover publications, comments, letters, statements, complaints, business correspondence, messenger messages, email, reviews, documents and expert reports.
What matters in authorship examination
- not drawing a finding from individual words or a single error alone;
- assessing a pattern of stable linguistic features;
- taking account of the genre, length, circumstances and time of creation of the texts;
- distinguishing authorship analysis from handwriting examination and technical document examination;
- presenting findings clearly, in a verifiable form and with due regard for procedural requirements.
Combined examination
If a dispute concerns authorship as well as meaning, threats, reputation, a digital source or document authenticity, a combined examination involving a linguist, technical specialist or document expert may be needed.