The largest-ever black-box study on the accuracy of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), a widely used forensic technique, has found concerning error rates and ...

Scientists are working to put more fluid dynamics behind the bloodstain pattern analysis used at crime scenes. They are developing instruments and methods to produce, study and analyze bloodstains.

Danielle Yardeni raises her bloody hammer after smashing it into someone’s head. “I swing my hand back, and I do it again,” she announces, once more bringing the weapon down on a hapless imaginary ...

In general, bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) refers to the collection and subsequent forensic analysis investigation of the size, shape, and distribution patterns of bloodstains found at a crime ...

The National Institute of Justice gave more than $1 million to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to study handwriting characteristics and bloodstain patterns, the BCA said Monday. These two ...

In Netflix’s “The Staircase,” Duane Deaver, a blood spatter analyst who worked for North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation, testified that blood stains at the bottom of author Michael ...

As more people seek to go where no man has gone before, researchers are exploring how forensic science can be adapted to extraterrestrial environments. A new study highlights the behavior of blood in ...

LOCKWOOD, Mont. - About a dozen members from the Billings Police Department and the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office are participating in a special training program studying bloodstain analysis ...

A timeline of a niche, unproven discipline that gained a hold in the American justice system. A timeline of a niche, unproven discipline that gained a hold in the American justice system. By LEORA ...

In last month's forensic column I described a scene where two officers responding to crime scene find several victims apparently murdered in a private home. One officer has entered at the front of the ...