On March 14, 2017, CJUS 450 Criminalistics class applied techniques in order to determine direction of travel, angle of impact, area of convergence, and area of origin in order to investigate crime scenes associated with blood.  The students were able to shows patterns in spatter through creation such as cast off, pooling, drip and flow, high and low velocity, transfer, and saturation.

Woman examining blood spatter on plastic hanging drop cloth.   Close up of blood spatter on plastic hanging drop cloth.   Figure in hazmat suit.   Close up of blood spatter on white flooring.

Skull and brain matter on floor with blood spatter.   Individual in hazmat suit kneeling on floor to examine skull and blood spatter.   Close up of head and blood spatter on floor.   Close up of blood drops.