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Bloodstain Patterns: Identification, Interpretation and Application
2015, Elsevier Science & Technology Books
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Bloodstain patterns: identification, interpretation and application
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Introduction
The economics of bloodstain pattern training
2. The science of bloodstain pattern evidence
3. Discussion on terminology
Absence transfer
Area of convergence
Arterial damage stains
Arterial fountain
Arterial gush
Arterial rain
Arterial spurt
Arteries
Back spatter
Blockage transfer
Blood
Blood into blood
Blood spatter
Bloodstain
Blunt force impact
Bullet capsular blast
Calipers
Castoff spatters
Cessation castoffs
Clot (coagulation)
Contamination
Direction of travel
Drip castoff
Entrance wound spatter
Exit wound spatter
Gunshot wound
Hemolyze
High velocity impact spatter (HVIS)
Incident angle
Inline beading
Inside angle (incident angle or impact angle)
Investigative transfer (IT)
Low velocity impact spatter (LVIS)
Medium velocity impact spatter (MVIS)
Mist spatter or misting
Moving contact bloodstains
Muzzle blast
Origin
Parent drop
Passive
Pattern
Physiologically altered bloodstain (PABS)
Plasma
Pool (volume)
Preblast
Protractor
Red blood cells
Retraction (clot)
Satellite spatter
Secondary spatter
Serum
Serum stain
Shadowing
Simple direct transfer patterns
Smear (smudge)
Spatter
Spine
Splash
Splatter
String reconstruction
Swipe moving transfer pattern
Target
Template transfers
Transfer pattern
Void
volume (pool)
Whole pattern
Wipe moving transfer pattern
II. Identification
4. Review of historical approaches to bloodstain pattern identification
Identifying the whole pattern
Directions of travel
Alignments
Distribution/density
Further discussions regarding examples of spatter patterns
5. Differentiations between similar patterns
Additions to guidelines for identification
Various bloodstain patterns found on the floor
Moving transfer patterns
6. How many pieces of evidence?
Putting the sections together for a crime investigation
III. Interpretation
7. Information for interpretation
Interpretations based on common workshop experiments
8. Investigative leads : suggested questions and answers
The major categories, subcategories, and a continuous list of questions for interpretation of bloodstain patter evidence
How bloodstain pattern evidence may be used to answer the preceding questions
9. Staging
Physiologically altered bloodstains
Volume stains (pooling of blood)
Case examples where staging should have been eliminated
Clever staging?
IV. Application
10. Expanding applications in bloodstain pattern evidence
Interviews of individuals claiming knowledge of the evidence
Investigations of vandalism
Determination of suicide, accident, or homicide
CSI general work-up for violent events
Trial strategy for both prosecution and defense
Openings for appeals
Evidence for parole considerations
Cold case and historical considerations
Child abuse and animal cruelty
Internal Affairs investigations into officer-involved shootings
Incarcerated population interrogation
How to apply bloodstain pattern analysis
11. Applications of bloodstain pattern evidence to crime scene investigation
Applying workshops and lectures to case work-up
The importance of the 3D approach
Applications to review within a 3D context
12. Bloodstain pattern application in court
History from the legal viewpoint
Interactions between lawyers and bloodstain pattern analysis experts
Importance of pretrial motions
Application of expertise early in the case
Questions for key witnesses in bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) cases
V. Research for the future
13. Reinventing the wheel
Identify and limit the specific problem or question to be understood and/or resolved with the project
Conduct a literature search for applicable scientific foundations
Construct an experimental design for the project
Acquire and/or manufacture instrumentation and devices, and compile a formula for reagents as necessary
Identify what and how records of the project results will be kept and distributed
Conduct the project
Review results, interpret information gleaned, and draw conclusions
Suggest modifications for future projects to deal with unsuspected results and extend understanding
14. Research project examples
Color used to determine age of bloodstains
The investigation into the footprint of a blood drop
CSF and blood project
15. Summation and review
History
Who is affected by discoveries in bloodstain pattern evidence?
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Internet Archive - 2
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