INTRODUCTION:
The dictionary definition of blood, according to Webster’s Universal Medical Dictionary (2007), is “a suspension of red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leucocytes) and platelets in a liquid medium, blood plasma”.
When catching a criminal, there are many factors that need to be taken into account, such as: how the crime was committed; whereabouts it was committed; when it took place; who did it, etc.
Blood plays a major role in these decisions and findings. If someone cut their finger, yes it would bleed, but not as much as if a major artery was penetrated. This all depends on the pressure of the blood running through your cardiovascular system.
The heart acts as a central pump which carries blood all over …show more content…
According to Bevel, T and Gardner, R.M (2008), ‘bloodstain pattern analysis seeks to define the facts surrounding some incident that is in question. The examination of the physical nature of bloodstains provides information specific to the events that occurred during the incident’. Analysts can examine the shape, size, location and distribution of the bloodstains to form their own opinions about what did or did not happen. BPA uses mathematics (geometry, angle and distance); biology (behavior of blood) and physics (capillary actions, velocity and cohesion) to assist investigators in answering the questions needed to solve the …show more content…
(Categories of Bloodstains, 2010)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
[1] Geddes & Grosset, 2007. Webster’s Universal Medical Dictionary. Scotland: Geddes & Grosset.
[2] Simon, E., Dickey, J., Reece, J. (2014). Circulation and Respiration. In: Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology. 4th ed. Essex: Pearson. p539-564.
[3] Bevel, T; Gardner, R.M. (2008). Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction, Third Edition: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction. 3rd ed. London: CRC Press. p1-36
[4] National Forensic Science Technology Centre, 2007. A Simplified Guide to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Largo, Florida, 2009. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education.
[5] Categories of Bloodstains Passive Transfer Projected. [Image Online] Available at: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/forensic-serology1190/95/forensic-serology-22-728.jpg?cb=1287475322 [1 December
The dictionary definition of blood, according to Webster’s Universal Medical Dictionary (2007), is “a suspension of red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leucocytes) and platelets in a liquid medium, blood plasma”.
When catching a criminal, there are many factors that need to be taken into account, such as: how the crime was committed; whereabouts it was committed; when it took place; who did it, etc.
Blood plays a major role in these decisions and findings. If someone cut their finger, yes it would bleed, but not as much as if a major artery was penetrated. This all depends on the pressure of the blood running through your cardiovascular system.
The heart acts as a central pump which carries blood all over …show more content…
According to Bevel, T and Gardner, R.M (2008), ‘bloodstain pattern analysis seeks to define the facts surrounding some incident that is in question. The examination of the physical nature of bloodstains provides information specific to the events that occurred during the incident’. Analysts can examine the shape, size, location and distribution of the bloodstains to form their own opinions about what did or did not happen. BPA uses mathematics (geometry, angle and distance); biology (behavior of blood) and physics (capillary actions, velocity and cohesion) to assist investigators in answering the questions needed to solve the …show more content…
(Categories of Bloodstains, 2010)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
[1] Geddes & Grosset, 2007. Webster’s Universal Medical Dictionary. Scotland: Geddes & Grosset.
[2] Simon, E., Dickey, J., Reece, J. (2014). Circulation and Respiration. In: Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology. 4th ed. Essex: Pearson. p539-564.
[3] Bevel, T; Gardner, R.M. (2008). Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction, Third Edition: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction. 3rd ed. London: CRC Press. p1-36
[4] National Forensic Science Technology Centre, 2007. A Simplified Guide to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Largo, Florida, 2009. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education.
[5] Categories of Bloodstains Passive Transfer Projected. [Image Online] Available at: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/forensic-serology1190/95/forensic-serology-22-728.jpg?cb=1287475322 [1 December