Category Archives: Blog #3: Blood Spatter Analysis

Blood pattern analysis toes a tricky line between being considered a science or not. On one hand, investigators follow the scientific method when analyzing blood patterns. In The Staircase, blood spatter analysts made observations about the blood spatters, used these … Continue reading →

Cases like Michaël Peterson’s in The Staircase highlighted the delicate nature of blood spatter analysis. After Peterson allegedly beat his wife to death on the famous staircase, a lengthy court trial tried to convict him based on blood spatter analysis. … Continue reading →

At crime scenes, bloodstain pattern analysis is used as a forensic measure to determine factors like weapons, number of blows, positions, etc. Bloodstain pattern analysis is the observation of bloodstain and their patterns. Bloodstain pattern analysis has proven to be … Continue reading →

Forensic scientists use several approaches to analyze crime scenes and evidence. Some techniques produce highly reproducible laboratory test results, while others are subject to varying human interpretation. Blood pattern analysis is one of those that is less likely to have … Continue reading →

Keeping the data accurate and not fabricating results is one of the most crucial aspects of an experiment. The analyst changed the data in the first video to create a replica of the scene by working backward after the initial … Continue reading →