LABORATORY MANUAL ON THE GEOMETRIC INTERPRETATION OF HUMAN BLOODSTAIN EVIDENCE

• NCJ Number: 15398
• Author(s): H L MACDONELL; L F BIALOUSZ
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 66 pages
• Corporate Author: Laboratory of Forensic Science
• Sale Source: Laboratory of Forensic Science; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TWELVE EXPERIMENTS ARE DESCRIBED THAT ALLOW A STUDENT TO OBTAIN FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF VARIOUS BLOODSTAIN PATTERNS.

Abstract

IN ALL CASES THE STUDENT ACTUALLY CREATES THE BLOODSTAINS UNDER KNOWN LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND MAY LATER USE THESE AS STANDARDS FOR A DIRECT COMPARISON TO EVIDENCE FOUND IN ACTUAL CASES. EXPERIMENTS RELATE TO THE ANGLE AND VELOCITY OF BLOODSTAINS AS WELL AS TO THE DRYING TIME AND METHOD OF DISSEMINATION. THIS LABORATORY MANUAL WAS DESIGNED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 'FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND STAIN PATTERNS OF HUMAN BLOOD', NCJ-01747.