There are many important factors in crime scene investigation, one of those involves serology and observing the blood spatters at a crime scene. Many steps are taken when dealing with blood at a crime scene, some of which are if the substance is actually blood, blood typing, discerning the origin of the blood, the direction of travel of the bloodstain, what weapon would have caused the bloodstain, etc. Serology and dealing with bloodstains can be a very difficult task for criminalists because blood also deals with DNA, what type of blood it is, identifying who the blood belongs to, what caused the bloodstain, and what direction it originated from. To understand serology, it is probably best for one to understand the nature of blood first. …show more content…
Carefully and thoroughly analyzing the significance of the position and shape of blood patterns along with their origin and trajectory is very important in an investigation. The process is sufficiently complex and should only be done by an examiner who is experienced in such determinations. The interpretation of bloodstain patterns is the most important of all and requires carefully planned control experiments that use surface materials comparable to those found at a crime …show more content…
There are many steps criminalists must take if they find a bloodstain at the crime scene such as first identifying if it is blood, measuring the bloodstain, analyzing it, testing it and many other steps. By observing blood spatters and their characteristics, criminalists can discern what weapon was used, the origin and direction of travel of the blood spatter, the velocity of the spatter, how many times was hit or shot, etc. Examining and observing bloodstains or spatters is extremely important when there is no body at a crime scene. But in order to understand bloodstains, one should first know about the nature of