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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Interpretation for Investigators (BASIC)

IAI Approved Certification Training

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Training Goals and Objectives
 
A (5) five-day pre-requisite to International Association for Identification certification course designed to assist crime scene technicians, detectives and forensic investigators in the recognition, documentation and evaluation of blood stain patterns when processing those scenes involving blood shed. Reconstruction of a crime scene requires accurate description and documentation of all evidence observed and collected. This program introduces a clear understanding of resources and techniques available to allow them to document reconstruct and describe in detail a crime involving bloodshed.
 
Training Goals

1. To be able to recognize and identify bloodstain pattern evidence at the scene.
2. To learn to properly document and preserve bloodstain evidence.
3. Learn the proper interpretation of the bloodstain evidence and patterns; prepare and render an expert opinion concerning that interpretation.

Training Audience, Format and Content
 
Audience

Forensic crime scene / evidence collection personnel and criminal investigators wanting skills related to identification, collection and interpretation of bloodstain patterns at potential criminal scene.
 
Format and Content

1. To teach the students how to identify the various bloodstain pattern evidence at the crime scene.
2. Instruct and demonstrate to the student how to properly document bloodstain pattern evidence.
3. To learn the proper ways in preservation of bloodstain evidence.
4. To teach the student how to properly reconstruct bloodstain patterns from the evidence at the scene.
5. To teach the student how to interpret the bloodstain evidence.

This course is most successful when taught and received with audiences of 25 attendees or fewer, but has been given in groups of 50 with successful reviews. The smaller groups enable officers to have more direct dialog and practical evaluation between instructors and attendees.

The course is designed as a five-day course. Depending on jurisdictional requirements, the actual practical application training will consist of exercises, experiments and a written examination. The course is designed to be conducted from 0800 to 1600 hours daily, and may require schedule changes to accommodate ride-along with officers and public communication center call-takers and dispatchers