Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: BPA

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis also known as BPA is defined as the diameter and shape of blood splatters, which reflects the origin and trajectory of external blood flow in the context of homicide or violent death, in which the skin surface is disrupted (Medical dictionary https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Bloodstain+Pattern ). The development of bloodstain pattern analysis dates back to nearly 150 years ago in history and through the years there have been many studies, developments, and forensic disciplines that have outlined or shaped the ideology around how bloodstain patterns are examined, defined, and characterized in today’s society. According to Tom Bevel and Ross M. Gardner’s book Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: With an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction bloodstain pattern analysis was initially first found and utilized in Europe and for at least ninety years of its existence from 1850-1940 dealt with a great debate and worry among continental authors about the identification of blood. …show more content…
Bloodstain patterns are able to speak to investigators by the way they look and are able to paint a picture for investigators in order for them to tell or imagine the chain of events in chronical order of what happened, how it happened, and if there were multiple persons’ found dead at the scene of the crime, what order they were killed in. With knowing so little about what the identification of a bloodstain means or makes to crime, you can only imagine the frustration centered around the discussions of references to patterns among the