Bloodstain pattern evidence: objective approaches and case applications/
Anita Y. Wonder
- Amersdam: Elesevier, 2007.
- xii, 383 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Section I. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The American founding father of bloodstain pattern evidence, The Kirk years -- 3. Understanding blood behavior -- 4. Trigonometry in bloodstain pattern evidence, math use in question -- Section II. Case applications -- 5. Timing is everything -- 6. The Alexander Lindsay second inquiry -- 7. Who was the shooter? -- 8. Traffic salutations in America -- 9. The body on the porch -- 10. Lil' ol' guy who woke up dead -- 11. Self-defense staging homicide by gunshot -- 12. Crime scene artwork, staged assault -- 13. Curiosity caught the murderer -- 14. Informant execution -- 15. Lack of the crime lab involvement -- 16. On duty officer involved shooting -- 17. Three down and still missed intended victim -- 18. Perfect stories -- 19. Family elimination -- 20. A tragedy of errors homicide -- 21. The accomplice wouldn't plea -- 22. Magic bullet in alleged drive-by shooting -- 23. Perry Mason is a myth -- 24. Hidden face, blunt force assault -- 25. Body in the bathtub -- Section III. Bloodstain pattern evidence interactions with other forensic disciplines -- 26. Bloodstain pattern evidence and law enforcement -- 27. The forensic crime lab and bloodstain pattern evidence -- 28. DNA and bloodstain pattern evidence -- 29. Pathology and bloodstain pattern evidence : the predominant good, occasional bad, and rare ugly -- 30. Bloodstain pattern evidence and the Law -- Section IV. Experience with training in bloodstain pattern evidence -- 31. Preparations for bloodstain pattern workshops -- 32. Spatter group exercises -- 33. Exercises with groups other than spatters (nonspatter groups) -- 34. Special projects, practical exams, and mock crime scenes -- Section V. The future of bloodstain pattern evidence -- 35. Research in bloodstain pattern evidence -- 36. Summation -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. Flow diagram -- Appendix B. An objective approach to spatter classification based on SAADD -- Appendix C. Spatter classification table -- Appendix D. Twenty-fie bloodspatters to practice measuring -- Appendix E. Tips on sequencing pattern categories -- Appendix F. Some random values for future research --Appendix G. Glossary-- Appendix H. List of abbreviations.