Sponsor: Ron Smith and Associates

Description: This course is designed for all pattern evidence practitioners regardless of experience. Examiners will learn principles used with a scientific environment and how to apply these concepts to thoughts, conclusions and to research. Exercises, specific to fingerprints, will demonstrate the value of rigorous application of scientific protocols for arriving at conclusions and for assessing the conclusions of others.  Practitioners will gain experience in conveying these concepts which will improve training programs and create testimony which will withstand court challenges.