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what may BPA reveal? (7) - Answer o Mechanisms by which pattern produced.
o Assistance with the understanding of how bloodstains were deposited.
o Type and direction of impact that produced bloodstains or patterns.
o Areas of convergence and origin of bloodstain.
o Possible position of victim, ...
Blood spatter pattern analysis Test Prep|
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what may BPA reveal? (7) - Answer o Mechanisms by which pattern produced.
o Assistance with the understanding of how bloodstains were deposited.
o Type and direction of impact that produced bloodstains or patterns.
o Areas of convergence and origin of bloodstain.
o Possible position of victim, assailant, or objects at the scene during bloodshed.
o Possible movement of victim, assailant, or objects at the scene of bloodshed.
o Corroborating or refuting statements given by victim, suspects, and or witnesses.
what are the limitations of BPA? (6) - Answer o Scene patterns may be disrupted due to
movement of investigators and/or emergency personnel at the scene.
o Overlap exists among the different types of patterns.
o Multiple patterns in the same area can complicate the identification of individual
patterns and may distort where one pattern ends, and another begins.
o May not be able to identify every pattern or mechanism of how pattern was created.
o The body of the victim may not linger be present.
o BPA from photographs only is more limited than an in-person analysis of the scene.
spatter - Answer staining resulting from blood dispersed through the air due to an
external force applied to a source of liquid blood.
types of spatter - Answer impact
projected
secondary
, impact spatter is from what? - Answer blunt force, gunshot, and tolls
impact spatter - Answer § Bloodstain pattern resulting from an object striking blood.
§ Commonly consists of a grouping of stains exhibiting directionality originating from a
common area.
forward spatter - Answer bloodstain pattern resulting from the blood drops that
travelled in the same direction as the impact force.
what are forward spatter stains usually associated with? - Answer · Commonly
associated with exit wound from gunshots, explosions, or power tools.
what do forward spatters look like - Answer · Fine atomized staining can have mist-like
appearance.
back spatter - Answer a bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops that travelled in
the opposite direction of the external force applied.
what are back spatter stains associated with mostly? - Answer · Commonly associated
with entrance wounds created by projectile.
when can back spatter be useful (type of case) - Answer suicides
where would you look for back spatter? - Answer · May be deposited on the firearm and
exposed hand, shirt cuff or arm of shooter.
is back patter present in all shootings? - Answer no
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