Research Catalog

Title

Scientific and legal applications of bloodstain pattern interpretation / edited by Stuart H. James.

Publication

Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

James, Stuart H.

Description

xiv, 274 p., [22] p. of plates : col. ill.; 25 cm.

Alternative Title

Bloodstain pattern interpretation

Subject

• Blood Stains
• Bloodstains
• Evidence, Expert
• Expert Testimony
• Forensic Medicine > methods
• Forensic hematology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178), lists of court decisions, and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Defining the "Address" of Bloodstains and Other Evidence at the Crime Scene / William C. Fischer -- 2. Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with a Computer / Alfred L. Carter -- 3. Utilizing Bloodstains in Accident Reconstruction / William C. Fischer -- 4. Presumptive Testing for Blood / T. Paulette Sutton -- 5. Approach to Case Evaluation and Report Writing / Paul Erwin Kish -- 6. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Bloodstain Pattern Evidence / Carol Henderson -- 7. Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation: A Post-Conviction Analysis / Marie Elena Saccoccio -- 8. Outline of Basic Laboratory Experiments for Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation / Stuart H. James -- Bloodstain Atlas and Terminology -- App. 1. Affidavit of Paul Leland Kirk: State of Ohio v. Samuel H. Sheppard -- App. 2. Illustrative Testimony -- A Motion in Limine for the Admissibility of Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation -- App. 3. Court Decisions Relating to Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation -- App. 4. Court Decisions Relating to Presumptive Blood Tests -- App. 5. Trigonometric Tables -- Sine and Tangent Functions.

ISBN

0849381088

LCCN

^^^98013654^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library