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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

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  • Lacramioara Balan

    (Lecturer PhD, "Åžtefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, Suceava, Romania)

Abstract

Blood is one of the most significant and frequently encountered types of physical evidence associated with the forensic investigation of death and violent crime. The identification and individualization of human blood is cojoined with the discipline of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA). BPA focuses on the analysis of the size, shape and distribution of bloodstains resulting from bloodshed events as a means of determining the types of activities and mechanisms that produced them. The scientific analysis of bloodstain pattern evidence has proved crucial in numerous cases where the manner of death is questioned and the issue of homicide, suicide, accident, or natural death must be resolved in a criminal or civil litigation or proceeding.

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  • Lacramioara Balan, 2019. "Bloodstain Pattern Analysis," European Journal of Law and Public Administration, Editura LUMEN, vol. 6(1), pages 187-192, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:ejlpa1:v:6:y:2019:i:1:p:187-192
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/eljpa/75
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    Keywords

    Bloodstain pattern; forensic investigation of death; the issue of homicide; suicide; accident; or natural death.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)
    • K15 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Civil Law; Common Law
    • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law

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