The Atlas of Human Hair Microscopic Characteristics fills a void in th e resources available to researchers and practitioners in forensic hai r examination by providing photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of human hair and the variates of the characteristics seen in forensic examinations, including curl; color; pigment distrib ution and density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies. These illustration s provide a uniform basis for describing the characterisics and their variations for forensic professionals in differing geographical areas. The documentation of hair...