L3 - Forensic Serology
L3 - Forensic Serology
L3 - Forensic Serology
Blood
“Out damned spot! Out, I say
Here’s the smell of the blood still,
All the perfumed of Arabia will not
Sweeten this little hand. Oh, Oh, Oh!”
—William Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, in Macbeth
Blood
Students will learn:
S That an antibody and
an antigen of different
types will agglutinate,
or clump, when mixed
together.
S That the significance of
the evidence depends
on a characteristic’s
relative occurrence in
the population.
Chapter 10 Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 1
Blood
Students will be able to:
S Determine whether a stain is
blood.
S Determine whether a bloodstain is
human or animal blood.
S Determine the blood type of a
simulated bloodstain using the
ABO/Rh system.
S Explore bloodstain patterns as a
function of velocity, direction, and
height of fall.
S Use technology and mathematics
to improve investigations and
communications.
Frog Blood
A A B A, AB O, A
B B A B, AB O,B
AB A and B Neither AB A, B, O, AB
A nor B
O Neither A and B A, B, O, AB O
Chapter 10 A nor BKendall/Hunt Publishing Company 13
Population Distribution
of Blood Types in the U.S.
Type Percent
O 45
A 40
B 11
AB 4
Chapter 10 Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 14
Blood Pattern Reconstruction
Scene Pattern Lab Results
Reconstruction Reconstruction
1. Stain condition 1. Genetic marker typing
2. Pattern 2. Age Determination
3. Distribution 3. Source Determination
4. Location 4. Race Determination
5. Directionality 5. Sex Determination
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