Students examine crime scene photos.
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34 Students attend Glenville State College's Criminal Justice Camp.
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GLENVILLE -- Instructors say kids must learn that what they see on the hit TV show "CSI", or Crime Scene Investigation, is not what really happens in the real world.
"It's a lot of hard work, a lot of attention to detail, not as glamarous as on TV" says Jami Myers, GSC's department head for criminal justice.
Glenville State College's 3rd annual Criminal Justice camp is wrapping up in Gilmer County this week.
The high school students have spent most of the week inside GSC's state of the art crime scene house learning all about forensics.
"We've learned the velocity of blood drops, we've learned how to take blood samples, how to bring up footsteps from dirt, we've learned fingerprinting. It's been a lot of fun and I've made friends with people from all around the state and, I'd like to come back next year." said Erica Graham, who will be a senior at Morgantown High School this year.
The campers will wrap up their investigations on Friday with a final project and a certificate for completing the course.
The Criminal Justice camp is sponsored by a grant from the Department of Justice.
Photo Credit: Chris Marrs
A footprint pulled from the dirt by campers.
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