Criminal Handwriting Traits Handwriting can reveal a lot about a person.

Handwriting analysis is being used for various criminal investigations across the globe. Many criminals and serial killers, when tested for handwriting scrutiny showed some common traits. Common Handwriting Traits of Criminals Problematic Writing As it turns out one of the most common handwriting traits in criminals is problematic handwriting. You might notice bad writing rhythms or droopiness, and extremely long lead-in strokes. Signs of Schizophrenia Mental illness may drive many people towards crime and over eighty percent of murderers happen to be schizophrenic. Such people will show handwriting traits like tense strokes, broken letters, very strong pressure in stroke, slow writing, lack of punctuation marks or too many punctuation marks and emphasized upper zones.