Blood Spatter (Forensics for Fiction)Geoff Symon
Keywords Bloodstain pattern analysis BPA Laser scanning Forensics Crime 1. Introduction Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is a forensic discipline which analyzes blood and bloodstains to aid in the reconstruction of events at a crime scene [11]. Any number of different stains and patterns may pres...
2.2.1 Blood analysis Blood is a common sight encountered at a crime scene. Several conclusions can be deduced from blood spatter and stains. A major prerequisite in health examination, disease diagnosis, and its treatment is blood analysis which mostly includes blood cell measurement. In forensic ...
Blood detection is important at a crime scene because blood can be typed and can provide DNA, and pattern analysis of blood spatter may be able to help determine the sequence of events, he said. He said the luminol test, which is now widely used to detect blood stains and other body flu...
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis What can blood spatter tell ? Type & velocity of weapon Number of blows Right / left handed Position. / movements of victim/attacker Which wounds were inflicted first Type of injuries How long ago crime was committed ...
Once a stain has been localised, attribution is necessary to guide further testing and sample analysis. Stains that are either visible to the naked eye or found via ALSs are then subject to presumptive testing. A presumptive test can be defined as a screening test carried out to detect a spe...