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Forensics

Introduction to blood pattern analysis

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Explore the skills needed to measure blood spatter patterns on surfaces to reach an evidence-based conclusion. Practise the principles behind blood as an analytical fluid, measure blood stains and apply mathematical solutions to calculate the angle of origin. Use this data to justify expert forensic evidence in the context of a novel criminal scenario.
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Learning outcomes

  • recall the principles surrounding blood and its use as a substance for forensic analysis.
  • identify measurable blood stains, calculate the angle of impact and predict the direction of travel.
  • assess and calculate data from a blood spatter pattern.
  • justify a legal hypothesis using forensic evidence.
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Skills

Obtaining and Recording Data

  • How to measure the width and length of individual bloodstains

Manipulating and Presenting Data

  • How to calculate the angle of impact of individual blood stains

Interpreting and Analysing Data

  • How to identify and select appropriate bloodstains to measure in a blood spatter pattern
  • How to identify the direction of travel for a bloodstain
  • Using blood spatter evidence to justify a legal hypothesis

Concepts, Principles and Theories

  • Defining the specific terminology on blood dynamics and where to measure on an individual bloodstain

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Becky Flanagan, Forensic Science Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton

“Developing an online forensic science and CSI activity with LearnSci was such an exciting and important opportunity. As an ex-CSI and forensic manager with 20 years experience and now a Lecturer in Forensic Science at the University of Wolverhampton, I knew how important it was to get the key principles of crime scene management, examination and forensic evidence right and embedded with students, whilst ensuring they were engaged and excited about the activity.”

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Forensic science

Discipline

Forensic investigation

Topic

Forensics

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