NCJ Number
64771
Date Published
1977
Length
174 pages
Annotation
THE MANUAL PRESENTS A DETAILED STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION OF THE TREATMENT OF BLOOD TRACES IN CRIMINOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION.
Abstract
IN ORDER TO FAMILIARIZE MEDICOLEGAL EXPERTS WITH RECENTLY DISCOVERED SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES AND MORE CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF BLOOD ANALYSIS, THE HANDBOOK FOLLOWS IN ITS ORGANIZATION THE VARIOUS STEPS FOR TREATING BLOODSTAINS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ARE OFFERED ON THE INITIAL DISCOVERY OF BLOODSTAINS (FORM, COLOR, POSSIBILITIES FOR ERROR); THE SECURING AND PRESERVATION OF BLOOD SAMPLES; VARIOUS FORMS OF PRELIMINARY TREATMENT (E.G., USE OF AMMONIACAL BLOODSTAIN EXTRACTS); METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND TESTING FOR BLOODSTAINS (E.G., THE BEZIDINE TEST); BLOODTYPING PROCEDURES (INCLUDING MODERN METHODS OF ELECTROPHORESIS); THE DETERMINATION OF THE AGE, AMOUNT, AND GENDER OF BLOODSTAINS; THE IDENTIFICATION OF MENSTRUAL, FOETAL, AND ABORTION BLOOD; AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF INFANT BLOOD. THE MANUAL CONTAINS NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF BLOOD SAMPLES (SOME IN COLOR), CHARTS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS, STATISTICAL CHARTS, AND AN EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAHY. --IN GERMAN. (SAJ)