Bloodstain patterns
Subtitle: identification, interpretation and application
By: Anita Y. Wonder with G. Michele Yezzo
Contributors: Yezzo, Michele G., author
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780124159303
Subjects: Forensic hematology; Bloodstain pattern analysis; Bloodstains
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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