Principles of bloodstain pattern analysis : theory and practice /

James, Stuart H,

Principles of bloodstain pattern analysis : theory and practice / Stuart H. James, Paul E. Kish, T. Paulette Sutton. - xxx, 542 páginas : ilustraciones a color ; 26 cm. - Practical aspects of criminal & forensic investigation . - CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations .

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1. Introduction to bloodstain pattern analysis -- 2. Medical and anatomical aspects of bloodshed -- 3. Biological and physical properties of human blood -- 4. Physical properties of bloodstain formation -- 5. Passive bloodstains -- 6. Formation of spatter and spatter associated with a secondary mechanism -- 7. Impact spatter mechanisms -- 8. Spatter associated with a projection mechanism -- 9. Altered bloodstain patterns -- 10. Determination of the area of convergence and area of origin of bloodstain patterns -- 11. Directional analysis of bloodstain patterns with a computer -- 12. Documentation and examination of bloodstain evidence -- 13. Evaluation of bloodstain patterns at the scene -- 14. Presumptive testing and species determination of blood and bloodstains -- 15. The detection of blood using luminol -- 16. Chemical enhancement of latent bloodstain impressions -- 17. Approaching the bloodstain pattern case -- 18. Report writing -- 19. Legal and ethical aspects of bloodstain pattern evidence -- 20. Bloodstain pattern analysis : postconviction and appellate application -- Appendix A. Trigonometric tables, sine and tangent functions -- Appendix B. Metric measurements and equivalents -- Appendix C. Scene and laboratory checklists -- Appendix D. Biohazard safety precautions -- Appendix E. Court decisions relating to bloodstain pattern analysis -- Appendix F. Court decisions relating to presumptive blood tests -- Glossary of terminology.

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Manchas de sangre.
Serología forense.

614.1 / J29p 2005

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