1. Introduction to bloodstain pattern analysis
2. Medical and anatomical aspects of bloodshed
3. Biological and physical properties of human blood
4. Physical properties of bloodstain formation
6. Formation of spatter and spatter associated with a secondary mechanism
7. Impact spatter mechanisms
8. Spatter associated with a projection mechanism
9. Altered bloodstain patterns
10. Determination of the area of convergence and area of origin of bloodstain patterns
11. Directional analysis of bloodstain patterns with a computer
12. Documentation and examination of bloodstain evidence
13. Evaluation of bloodstain patterns at the scene
14. Presumptive testing and species determination of blood and bloodstains
15. The detection of blood using luminol
16. Chemical enhancement of latent bloodstain impressions
17. Approaching the bloodstain pattern case
19. Legal and ethical aspects of bloodstain pattern evidence
20. Bloodstain pattern analysis : postconviction and appellate application
Appendix A. Trigonometric tables, sine and tangent functions
Appendix B. Metric measurements and equivalents
Appendix C. Scene and laboratory checklists
Appendix D. Biohazard safety precautions
Appendix E. Court decisions relating to bloodstain pattern analysis
Appendix F. Court decisions relating to presumptive blood tests
