Blood Dynamics

About this book

Todays resources on bloodstain analysis are still based on methods that were derived in the 1920s. Although medical and clinical research have provided a growing body of information on blood composition and behavior this information has been ignored in favor of historical bloodstain analysis methods-until now. With 25 years of experience in the field author Anita Wonder shows how to use these new methods for interpreting bloodstains including non-Newtonian fluid behavior (a process that does not conform to Sir Isaac Newtons laws of motion) and three-dimensional dispersion modeling. Blood Dynamics focuses on how to accurately identify eight bloodstain pattern types and their permutations. It covers every aspect of bloodstain analysis and shows how some standard practices of reconstruction are not only unnecessary for identification of blood dynamics but can even be misleading. This book presents completely new scientific evaluations of blood dynamics and will fundamentally change the way in which bloodstains are interpreted. As such it will be required reading for anyone who deals with blood evidence at the crime scene in the lab or in the courtroom. Presents groundbreaking new methods for interpreting bloodstains including non-Newtonian fluid behaviour and three-dimensional dispersion modelling Covers every aspect of bloodstain analysis Focuses on how to accurately identify eight bloodstain pattern types and their permutations Author Anita Wonder has 25 years of experience in the field of blood dynamics