Bloodstain

Question 1

Bloodstains are:

Answer 1

Predictable and reproduceable

Question 2

What are the three bloodstain categories?

Answer 2

Passive category
Transfer category
Spatter category

Question 3

Bloodstain is:

Answer 3

A deposit of blood on a surface

Question 4

Bloodstain pattern:

Answer 4

a grouping or distribution of bloodstains that indicates through regular or repetitive form, the order or manor in which deposited.

Question 5

Drip stain- 1 single drip
Drip pattern- where blood drips into fluid. Or fluid to fluid
Flow: you get the streams- movement of volume of blood

Answer 5

Same as above

Question 6

What is a projected blood pattern?

Answer 6

Arterial spurts on wall

Question 7

When taking photographs of bloodstain, what orientation is needed ?

Answer 7

PERPENDICULAR to surface or measurements won’t work

Question 8

Name two blood enhancement tools:

Answer 8

Amido Black- dyes the proteins in blood
ALCV- aqueous Leuco crystal violet - chemical dye that reacts with the heme in blood

Question 9

Name two bloodstain search tools

Answer 9

Luminol

Blue star

Question 10

What is bloodstain pattern analysis?

Answer 10

Study of the size, shape, location and distribution pattern in order to interpret the physical events that contributed to their origin.