Bloodstain pattern analysis

found: Work cat.: Scientific and legal applications of bloodstain pattern interpretation, 1999.

found: Encyclopedia of forensic sciences, 2000:v. 3, pp. 1338-1339 (Bloodstain pattern analysis ... When violent crimes are committed, it is not unusual for the participants to be injured. If these injuries are accompanied by blood flow, distinctive bloodstain patterns may result that can be used to provide investigative information about the activities which occurred during the commission of the crime. ... Bloodstain pattern analysis studies how different forces and activities influence the creation and appearance of the bloodstain patterns, so that they can interpreted as part of the crime scene investigation)

found: Bloodstain pattern analysis tutorial, via WWW, Aug. 5, 2008(Bloodstain pattern analysis is the examination of the shapes, locations, and distribution patterns of bloodstains, in order to provide an interpretation of the physical events which gave rise to their origin)

found: Bevel, T. Bloodstain pattern analysis, 2001:p. 70 (In discussing bloodstain pattern analysis, one is likely to find both trained and not-so-well-trained analysts using terms such as bloodstain pattern interpretation, blood spatter analysis, bloodstain spatter analysis, blood splatter analysis/interpretation, bloodstain pattern analysis. The term preferred by the authors is bloodstain pattern analysis)

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