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IMPACT BLOOD STAIN [1 record]

Record 1 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • Blood
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
CONT

Projected bloodstains occur when a force greater than gravity impacts the blood source. [Imagine] dipping your finger in water, but [then] someone knocks your hand, thus releasing a droplet of water.

CONT

A projected bloodstain will always point in the direction that it was moving.

Key term(s)
  • projected blood stain
  • impact bloodstain
  • impact blood stain

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Sang
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
CONT

Une trace projetée se produit lorsqu'une certaine quantité d'énergie est transférée à une source de sang.

Spanish

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