Bloodstain Pattern Bibliography
Akin, Louis L., Interpretation of Blood Spatter for Defense Attorneys - Part I, The
Champion, April 2005, at 38
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Akin, Louis L., Interpretation of Blood Spatter for Defense Attorneys - Part II, The
Champion, May 2005, at 28
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Akin, Louis L., Blood Spatter Interpretation at Crime and Accident Scenes: A Basic
Approach, 2/1/05 FBI L. Enforcement Bull. 21.
Bevel, Tom & Gardner, Ross M., Bloodstain Pattern Analysis With an Introduction to
Crime Scene Reconstruction (CRC Press 2002)
Deforest, Peter R., Gaensslen, R.E., & Lee, Henry C., Forensic Science An Introduction
to Criminalistics 295-308 (McGraw-Hill 1983)
Eckert, William G. & James, Stuart H., Interpretation of Bloodstain Evidence At Crime
Scenes, CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, FL 33431,
www.crcpress.comISBN 0-444-01463Gardner, Ross M., Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation 267-89 (CRC
Press 2005)
Hulse-Smith, Lee, Mehdizadeh, Navid Z., & Chandra, Najeev, Deducing Drop Size and
Impact Velocity from Circular Bloodstains, J. Forensic Sci., Jan. 2005, Vol. 50, No.1.
Scientific and Legal Applications of Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation (Stuart H. James
ed. 2000) www.crcpress.com
James, S., and Nordby Forensic Science, An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative
Techniques, , CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, FL 33431,
www.crcpress.comISBN 0-8493-1246-9
Lee, H., Palmbach T., and Miller, M., Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook, Academic
Press, 525 B Street Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101 www.academicpress.comISBN 012-440830-3
MacDonell, H. Crime Scene Evidence – Blood Spatters and Smears and other Physical
Evidence, 1 Quinnipiac Health L.J. 33 (1996)
This article also has an extensive bibliography.
MacDonell, H. Bloodstain Patterns, Laboratory of Forensic Science, P.O. Box 1111,
Coming, N.Y. 14830
Murray, D. An Advocate’s Approach to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Evidence, Part I &
II. International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts Newsletter. Vol 16, #2,
March 2000.
Rob, Samuel J., A Trial Attorney’s Primer on Blood Spatter Analysis, 1988-AUG Army
Law 36.
The beginning of this article gives a good synopsis of the history, science, and
terminology of bloodstain pattern analysis. The second half of the article
discusses military case law.
Rynearson, Joseph M. & Chisum, Wi11iam J., Evidence and Crime Scene
Reconstruction, " 29814 Wengler Hill Road, Shingletown, CA 96088
Slemko, J. Bloodstains on Fabric – The Effects of Droplet Velocity and Fabric
Composition. International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts Newsletter.
December 2003
Spalding, Robert P., Bloodstain Pattern Evidence and the Evaluation of Violent Crime
Scenes, 28 The Prosecutor 13 (May/June 1994).
Veilleux, D. Admissibility, in criminal prosecution, of expert opinion evidence as to
“Blood Splatter” interpretation. 9 A.L.R. 5th 369.