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INSTITUTE ON THE PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOODSTAIN EVIDENCE

NCJ Number
12192
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 21 Issue: 7 Dated: (JULY 1973) Pages: 32-37,71
Author(s)
H L MACDONNELL
Date Published
1973
Length
7 pages
Annotation
OUTLINE OF EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY FORENSIC STUDENTS AT A WORKSHOP HELD IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.
Abstract
THE TWELVE EXPERIMENTS THAT CONSTITUTED THE LABORATORY PORTION OF THE INSTITUTE DEALT WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS - DROP OF BLOOD, SPOT SIZE VS. DISTANCE FALLEN, EFFECT OF TARGET SURFACE ON SPATTER, SPOT SHAPE VS. IMPACT ANGLE, EFFECT OF HORIZONTAL MOTION, SPLASHED BLOOD VS. DISTANCE FALLEN, PROJECTED BLOOD VS. DISTANCE FALLEN, CAST-OFF BLOOD STAINS, MEDIUM AND HIGH VELOCITY BLOOD SPATTER, SPOT SIZE VS. HORIZONTAL PROJECTION, AND DRYING TIME OF BLOOD.