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What is bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA)?

April 26, 2017analysis bloodstain BPA Pattern

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What is bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA)?

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Bloodstain pattern analysis, (also referred to as blood spatter analysis and blood splatter analysis) is an in depth evaluation of the bloodstain patterns found in a given scene. To reach a conclusion the analyst considers a number of factors related to each pattern, including but not limited to: number, dispersion, shape, size, volume, orientation, and location. The product of this analysis are defined events that occurred during the incident; that is the bloodstain pattern defines the basic nature of the action that created it.