Continuing Education Credits
West Virginia University offers 15 clock hours or 1.5 CEUs for this course.
Disclaimer
This course was supported by Award Numbers 2001-RC-CX-K003 and 2003-RC-CX-K001 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
Opinions or points of view expressed in this training represent a consensus of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
West Virginia University offers 15 clock hours or 1.5 CEUs for this course.
Disclaimer
This course was supported by Award Numbers 2001-RC-CX-K003 and 2003-RC-CX-K001 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
Opinions or points of view expressed in this training represent a consensus of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
This course is not available on DNA.gov. It is a non-credit course offered by the West Virginia University.
The materials in this self-paced course have been gathered to assist DNA analysts in learning the preliminaries of forensic hair examination (it is not a full hair course).
Sample topics include:
- Why Conduct Hair Exams?
- Recovery and Collection of Hair Evidence
- Microscopical Hair Examinations
- Is it Human or Animal?
- Race, Ancestry, Ethnicity
- Body Area (Somatic Origin)
- Damage, Disease, Treatment
- Examinations of Hair and DNA
- Legalities of Hair Evidence
Registration and Cost
Public laboratory employees may take the course free of charge through funding from the National Institute of Justice by obtaining supervisor approval and submitting a simple form.
For other students, the course costs $177 per registration.
A certificate for course completion will be issued to all students upon completion.
Learn more, register, and take the course through West Virginia University .
