Bloodstains As Evidence: A Field ManualThis book is geared toward police detectives, forensic scientists, bloodstain pattern analysts, prosecutors and defense attorneys, as well as anyone else with general interest in forensic science. |
Contents
CHAPTER 2 BLOODSTAINS AS EVIDENCE | 7 |
Spatter Stains | 25 |
CHAPTER 3 COLLECTION | 39 |
CHAPTER 4 MATHEMATICS STATISTICS | 45 |
CHAPTER 5 DOCUMENTING THE CRIME SCENE | 55 |
BLOODSTAIN HAPTER 6 N IDENTIFICATION EW DEVELOPMENTS | 67 |
CASE STUDY 1 UNEQUIVOCAL DEATH | 71 |
CASE STUDY 2 WHAT IS MISSING? | 93 |
CASE STUDY 3 CORROBORATION | 103 |
CASE STUDY 4 LATENT DOES | 115 |
CASE STUDY 5 DOCUMENTATION | 127 |
EXERCISES | 137 |
REFERENCES | 157 |
FORENSIC TRAINING CLASSES | 167 |
ADDITIONAL BOOKS TO READ | 173 |
Common terms and phrases
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