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| Class Category: | Hands on Technique |
| Class Format: | classroom |
| Class Title: | Bloodstain Interpretation |
| Description: | Bloodstain pattern interpretation skills |
| Duration (Days): | 5 |
| Hour Credits: | 40 |
| $Cost: | $0.00 |
| Phone: | 904-620-4786 |
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| Website: | http://www.iptm.org |
| Email: | info@iptm.org |
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Notes:
Bloodstain pattern interpretation can play an important role in determining what happened at a crime scene. This intensive ""hands-on"" course will arm you with the skills to identify, analyze, document, and collect bloodstained evidence. Through a variety of practical exercises, this course will teach you how a bloodstain pattern is created and the physical mechanics involved. You will learn the various types of patterns that may be encountered and methods for determining their directionality and angles of impact on different surface textures. Together with an analysis of the evidence, you will see how to separate the patterns into events and determine the probable sequence in which they occurred. We will also discuss the proper methods of photographing and documenting bloodstain patterns along with the proper handling and packaging of bloodstained evidence. Topics include: Origin of bloodstain patterns Identification of stains and patterns Collection and preservation of bloodstain evidence Photography and documentation techniques Interpretation of bloodstain patterns Pattern analysis in scene reconstruction Case preparation and presentation Note: If you wish, you may bring a 35mm camera, flash, tripod and cable release to be used during the practical exercises, although this is not required.
