Blood Traces Interpretation of Deposition and Distribution 1st Edition by Peter De Forest, Peter Pizzola, Brooke Kammrath ISBN 9781119764717 1119764718

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Author: Peter De Forest, Peter Pizzola, Brooke Kammrath

Blood Traces provides an authoritative resource that reviews many of the aspects of the interpretation of blood traces that have not been treated with the thoroughness they deserve. With strict adherence to the scientific method, the authors — noted experts on the topic — address the complexities encountered when interpreting blood trace configurations. The book provides an understanding of the scientific basis for the use of blood trace deposits, i.e. bloodstain patterns, at crime scenes to better reconstruct a criminal event.  

The authors define eight overarching principles for the comprehensive analysis and interpretation of blood trace configurations. Three of these principles are: blood traces may reveal a great deal of useful information; extensive blood traces, although present, may not always yield information relevant to questions that may arise in a given case; and a collection of a few seemingly related dried blood droplet deposits is not necessarily an interpretable “pattern”. This important resource:  

• Provides the fundamental principles for the scientific examination and understanding of blood trace deposits and configurations 
• Dispels commonly accepted misinformation about blood traces. 
• Contains a variety of illustrative case examples which will aid in demonstrating the concepts discussed  

Written for forensic scientists, crime scene investigators, members of the legal community, and students in these fields, Blood Traces presents the fundamental principles for the scientific examination of blood trace deposits and configurations.  

Blood Traces Interpretation of Deposition and Distribution 1st Edition Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1: Physical Evidence Record

1.1 Generation of Physical Evidence Record

1.2 Capturing the Physical Evidence Record: Crime Scene Analysis

1.3 Reconstruction of Past Incidents from the Physical Evidence Record

References

CHAPTER 2: Historical Perspective

2.1 Edgar Allen Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: History in Fiction

2.2 Hans Gross

2.3 History of Research in Blood Traces

2.4 Detective Charlie Chan: History in Film

2.5 Paul Kirk

2.6 Herbert MacDonell

2.7 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Committees and Organizations

References

CHAPTER 3: Characteristics of Liquids Including Blood

3.1 Physical Properties and Fluid Mechanics of Liquids

3.2 Physical Characteristics of Blood

3.3 Optical Properties of Blood Deposits

3.4 Physiological Characteristics of Blood

3.5 Use of Blood Substitutes in Training and Simulations

References

CHAPTER 4: Detection, Visual Enhancement, Identification, and Source Attribution of Blood Deposits and Configurations

4.1 Optical Visualization of Blood Trace Deposits

4.2 Catalytic Tests

4.3 Protein Stains

4.4 Blood Typing and DNA Technology

4.5 A Limitation of Laboratory SOPs

4.6 Ongoing and Future Research

4.7 Conclusion

References

CHAPTER 5: Terminology, Typology, and Taxonomy

5.1 History of Terminologies Applied to Blood Trace Configurations

5.2 A Typology for Blood Trace Deposits

References

CHAPTER 6: Blood Droplet Dynamics and Deposit Formation

6.1 Blood Droplet Motion and Velocity Vectors

6.2 Angle of Impact

6.3 Blood Droplet Trajectory and Resulting Impact Geometry

6.4 Region of Convergence and Region of Origin

6.5 Equivalence of Relativistic Motion

6.6 Impact Mechanism and Blood Trace Deposit Formation

6.7 Conclusion

References

CHAPTER 7: Blood Trace Interpretation and Crime Scene/Incident Reconstruction

7.1 Principles of Blood Trace Reconstruction

7.2 Utility

7.3 Limitations, Problems, and Common Acceptance of the Status Quo

7.4 Blood Trace Configuration Analysis as Part of a Holistic Approach to Reconstruction

References

CHAPTER 8: Science and Pseudoscience

8.1 Science

8.2 Pseudoscience

8.3 Bad Science

8.4 Conclusions

References

CHAPTER 9: Modes of Practice and Practitioner Preparation and Qualification

9.1 Existing Modes of Crime Scene Investigation Practice

9.2 Preparations and Qualifications of Practitioners

References

CHAPTER 10: Interesting and Illustrative Cases

10.1 The Sam Sheppard Case

10.2 Knife in the Gift Bag

10.3 The Farhan Nassar Case

10.4 Passive Documentation

10.5 The British Island Holiday Case

10.6 Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence

10.7 Triple Homicide

10.8 The O.J. Simpson Case

10.9 A Vertical Crime Scene

10.10 Tissue Spatter from a Large Caliber Gunshot

10.11 Shooting of a Driver

10.12 A Contested Fratricide

References

CHAPTER 11: “Bad” Cases – Misleading or Incompetent Interpretations

11.1 David Camm

11.2 Dew Theory

11.3 Murder of an Off‐Duty Police Officer

11.4 The Imagined Mist Pattern

11.5 Concealed Blood Traces

11.6 A Stomping Homicide – Misuse of Enhancement Reagents

References

CHAPTER 12: More Broadly Assessed Cases: Going Beyond the Request

12.1 Gunshot to the Forehead and the Runaway Car

12.2 The Obscured Bloody Imprint

12.3 The Murder of a Deputy: Shooting in a Hospital Room

CHAPTER 13: Widely Held Misconceptions

13.1 Blood Traces Produced by Gunshot Wounds

13.2 The “Normal Drop” Claim

13.3 MacDonell Priority Claims Relative to the Seminal 1939 Balthazard et al. Paper

13.4 The Claimed Equivalence of Deposits Diameters and Drop Diameters

13.5 Ambiguous Trace Configurations

13.6 Issues with Interpretation of Asymmetrical Blood Projections from Impacts

References

CHAPTER 14: Resources

14.1 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Groups

14.2 Publications and Other Information Sources

14.3 Training and Education

14.4 Proficiency Tests

References

CHAPTER 15: Concluding Remarks and Looking to the Future

15.1 Importance of Science on the Front End

15.2 The Integration of Physical Evidence with Police Investigations

15.3 Troubling Developments and Perceptions

15.4 Testing Facilities & the Creeping Inversion

15.5 The Pernicious Effects and Fallout from Bloodstain Workshops

15.6 Future Directions

References

Appendix 1: Fundamentals Revisited

Bibliography

Index

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