CRJ 298 - Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

1. Understand the importance of bloodstain evidence and how it can be used to recreate what occurred at the crime scene.
2. Be familiar with common terms, concepts, and descriptions of the typical bloodstain types found at the scene.
3. Define and identify the basic bloodstain patterns.
4. Become proficient in preserving, documenting, and examining bloodstain evidence.
5. Appreciate the importance of bloodstain evidence and its value as a source of D.N.A. for the purposes of criminal investigation and identification.
6. Understand the dynamics of how blood travels through the air, and how gravity and force creates certain types of bloodstains.
7. Determine motion, direction, and point of convergence.
8. Evaluate and understand how surface texture, height, and force affect bloodstains.
9. Understand the various presumptive and confirmatory testing, and blood enhancement chemicals and how they function.
10. Understand and define issues with presenting bloodstain evidence in court.