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Bloodstain Pattern Evidence Analysis

May 7 - 9, 2019
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuition:  Free
ILEAS Training Center
1701 East Main St.
Urbana, IL 61802
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Certification

This course is certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.

Training Mandates

This course meets state guidelines for the following mandated subject area:

  • Lead Homicide Recertification  (20 hrs. credit)

Description

This is a 20-hour course that ends at 12:00 Noon on May 9th.

Blood found on crime victims, suspects, or witnesses (clothing or persons) is significant and should be treated as important evidence when investigating crime scenes.  Bloodstain pattern analysis may provide investigative leads as well as supportive or non-supportive evidence for statements from victims, suspects, and witnesses.

This course will give investigators and crime scene specialists a basic foundation in identifying and documenting bloodstain pattern evidence at crime scenes.  It will provide the basic tools needed to establish parameters in bloodstain pattern identification and crime scene reconstruction, and will serve as a foundation for additional observations and experiments involving bloodstains.  Participants will learn how to properly document and preserve evidence so that others will be able to reconstruct what occurred.  Course instruction will include case presentations and practical lab work.

Topics

  • The Role of Blood Evidence in Crime Scene Reconstruction
  • Coping with the CSI Effect:  Separating Fact from Fiction
  • Observations, Documentation, Collections
  • Forensic Analysis of Evidence
  • Coordinating Physical Evidence and Information Evidence
  • Corroborating or Refuting Suspect/Witness/Victim Statements
  • Physiology of Blood
  • Blood Enhancing Reagents
  • Passive Stains, Spatter Stains, Transfer Stains
  • Effects of Surface Texture
  • Spatter Produced from Different Mechanisms
  • Identifying Transfer Patterns
  • Measuring Impact Angles
  • Determining Area of Origin
  • Photography, Measurements, Swab Samples
  • Bloodstain Pattern Testimony
  • The Role of DNA in Blood Evidence Analysis

Instructor

Tom Martin

Tom Martin, Senior Investigator (Ret.)
New York State PoliceRead more