Forensic Magazine
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Confirming the Accuracy of Bloodstain Pattern Examiners Crime scenes can present a variety of bloodstain patterns on assorted surfaces. To verify examiners’ accuracy in determining what happened at a crime scene based on a particular pattern, scientists asked analysts to review more than 700 patterns falling within six different pattern types. Generally, the results indicated that bloodstain pattern analysts had lower error rates when classifying patterns on rigid surfaces than when classifying patterns on fabric surfaces (13 percent vs. 23 percent). These rates varied by pattern type, and some patterns were more reliably classified than others. Researchers also found evidence of confirmation bias, meaning that when analysts were given a scenario that pointed deliberately toward the correct classification, they were more likely to select that classification for the bloodstain pattern. These results indicate that more work is needed to understand how the interaction of blood with different surfaces influences the observed patterns. NIJ has ongoing investments in fluid dynamics research with the goal of providing examiners with objective computational tools to assist in their analyses. In addition, the results of the bias study indicate that crime labs and law enforcement agencies should take steps to minimize extraneous information that analysts receive before they conduct an analysis.
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Excellent site as entry point into an explanation with illustrations.
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Slideshare presentation. Check accuracy of information against a ferified source
Forensic serology
Blood may be gross, sticky and smelly, but it one of the best methods of solving crimes, where there are no suspects, but there is blood reminisce on a surface.
Blood serology 1
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Blood serology 2
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Blood serology 3
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