chapter 1 Introduction to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis -- chapter 2 Medical and Anatomical Aspects of Bloodshed -- chapter 3 Biological and Physical Properties of Human Blood -- chapter 4 Physical Properties of Bloodstain Formation -- chapter 5 Passive Bloodstains -- chapter 6 Formation of Spatter and Spatter Associated with a Secondary Mechanism -- chapter 7 Impact Spatter Mechanisms -- chapter 8 Spatter Associated with a Projection Mechanism -- chapter 9 Altered Bloodstain Patterns -- chapter 10 Determination of the Area of Convergence and Area of Origin of Bloodstain Patterns -- chapter 11 Directional Analysis of Bloodstain Patterns with a Computer -- chapter 12 Documentation and Examination of Bloodstain Evidence -- chapter 13 Evaluation of Bloodstain Patterns at the Scene -- chapter 14 Presumptive Testing and Species Determination of Blood and Bloodstains -- chapter 15 The Detection of Blood Using Luminol -- chapter 16 Chemical Enhancement of Latent Bloodstain Impressions -- chapter 17 Approaching the Bloodstain Pattern Case -- chapter 18 Report Writing -- chapter 19 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Bloodstain Pattern Evidence -- chapter 20 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: Postconviction and Appellate Application.