Blood Is Thicker Than Water: An Overview of Blood Spatter Analysis

By Tamworth Grice

As Dexter and CSI fans and most other people know, a crime scene may involve several of the following:
--blood droplets of various shapes and sizes
--blood sprays, spurts, and splashes
--blood flows, pools, and transfers
--dried blood
--projected blood
--cast-off blood

Blood spatter analysis uses this blood to recreate a crime and pursue a guilty verdict for the criminal and justice for the victim.

So where did this relatively new area of forensics come from? How does a person become a blood spatter analyst? What does a blood spatter analyst do? And perhaps most importantly, how can blood evidence help solve a criminal case and result in a courtroom verdict?

This affordable little eBook answers these questions, and more!

It's great for Dexter or CSI fans, crime buffs, and home schoolers.

This book is approximately 7,000 words---perfect for reading on your computer, android phone, e-reader, or other electronic device. That means you can read it and learn something new, no matter where you are. Short enough to be read in 1 or 2 lunch breaks, this ebook delivers a fascinating overview of a compelling subject. Now instead of just wasting time, you can spend your lunch break learning something new—with this Lunch Break book!

Excerpt:

“SPURTING (also called arterial spurting) occurs during an attack that yields medium- or high-velocity bloodstains, when a victim’s arteries are severed or otherwise damaged. If the damaged arteries are close to the skin, the victim bleeds quickly and blood spurts from wounds, each spurt occurring with a beat or pump of the heart. A large amount of blood is projected, leaving a distinctive arched bloodstain pattern. As the victim bleeds profusely, his or her blood pressure declines and the spurting becomes less intense; therefore, spurting bloodstains vary in size, becoming smaller and projected shorter distances. This spatter is typically seen on a vertical surface, such as a wall, in arch-like shapes of decreasing sizes. As noted earlier, arterial blood is rich in oxygen and has a bright red color.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: KAW Publishing
• Release date: Sep 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301874767

Tamworth Grice

Tamworth Grice: Author, adventurer, and anarchist. Horror, romance, and suspense writer. Advocate of self-publishing and all things "indie.""My first novel, LISTENING TO IAN MAGICK, is about a Satanic rock star communicating with a fan through his music--and asking her to kill for him. My newest novel, NASTY DISPOSITION, is a mystery about a 23-year-old Goth girl visited by the ghost of her murdered policeman brother. My short story, A TALE OF ZOMBIES IN CZARIST RUSSIA, is about, well, zombies in Czarist Russia!"Her latest work is a paranormal romance, THE LONELINESS OF THE RURAL VAMPIRE.Contact her on Twitter: @TamworthGrice.

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Blood Is Thicker Than Water:

An Overview of Blood Spatter Analysis

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Blood Is Thicker Than Water: An Overview of Blood Spatter Analysis

By Tamworth Grice

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Copyright 2012 K.A. Ward

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

THE FIELD OF BLOODSTAIN PATTERN INTERPRETATION

THE BEGINNINGS OF BLOODSTAIN PATTERN INVESTIGATION

THE SHEPPARD MURDER CASE AND BLOOD SPATTER ANALYSIS

BLOODSTAIN PATTERN INTERPRETATION BECOMES A FORENSIC DISCIPLINE

COMPENSATION FOR BLOOD SPATTER ANALYSTS

BLOOD SPATTER ANALYST TRAINING

THE PRACTICE OF BLOOD SPATTER ANALYSIS

BLOOD

SIZES AND SHAPES OF BLOODSTAINS

FLOW PATTERNS AND POOLS

VELOCITY

PATTERNS: PROJECTED BLOOD, INCLUDING SPURTING AND EXPIRATED BLOOD; TRANFERS, INCLUDING WIPES AND SWIPES; VOIDS

CAST-OFF BLOOD, SPASHED BLOOD, BACK SPATTER, AND FORWARD SPATTER

BLOOD DRYING AND OTHER CHANGES

STRINGING AND TRIGONOMETRY

COMPUTER-ASSISTED DESIGN (CAD)

LUMINOL

CONCLUSION

SOURCES AND WORKS FOR FURTHER READING

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR