Bloodstain pattern analysis has been around for as long as fingerprinting has been used as a means to identify criminals. Hans Gross, in his 1892 papers, "Criminal Investigations," described bloodstains found at crime scenes and that the direction of the bloodstains could be determined by the shape of the bloodstain. Balthazard, a French criminal analyst, found that the angle a bloodstain stuck the surface could be determined by dividing the width of a bloodstain by the length. This helped in determining the location from which the bloodstain came from. Eventually, they put this worked under the category of forensic science. In defining bloodstain pattern analysis, some might say, "Show what happened at the crime scene through bloodstains, and there it is bloodstain pattern analysis." Technically that is incorrect, but basically that is what it is. According to the book Blood Stain Analysis by Terry L. Laber and Barton P. Epstein, it is the reconstructing of events causing the bloodstain patterns to be …show more content…
Even though rarely being the master key to the lock, bloodstain splatter analysis can be important in the complicated and mind boggling process of reconstructing a violent crime. Even though bloodstain splatter analysis isn't pinpoint accurate, experts still provide criminal analysts with good approximations of the position of both the victim and suspect. Now when talking about pinpoint accuracy, scientist are looking for an area the size of a volleyball or a head, even though with the technology and equipment they have today they could track it down to the size of a fist. This can be a crucial investment in deciding how to proceed with a