Acronyms that contain the term bloodstain pattern analysis 

Bloodstain pattern analysis

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is the study and analysis of bloodstains at a known or suspected crime scene with the purpose of drawing conclusions about the nature, timing and other details of the crime. It is one of the several specialties of forensic science.The use of bloodstains as evidence is not new. However, since the late 1950s, BPA experts have claimed to be able to use biology, physics (fluid dynamics), and mathematical calculations to reconstruct with accuracy events at a crime scene and these claims have been accepted by the justice system. For example, the shape of blood droplets might be used to draw conclusions as to how far away the victim was from a gun when he or she was shot. Bloodstain pattern analysis has drawn considerable skeptical scrutiny since 2000. A comprehensive 2009 National Academy of Sciences report concluded that "the uncertainties associated with bloodstain pattern analysis are enormous" and that purported bloodstain pattern experts's opinions are "more subjective than scientific." The report highlighted several incidents of blood spatter analysts to overstate their qualifications as well as questioned the reliability of their methods.

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