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Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Course

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5 days

Training Announcements

NJIT
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Details

  • ​Dates: July 22-26, 2024
  • Daily Schedule 8:30am – 4:30pm
  • Tuition: $650
  • Location: New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights Newark, NJ 07111

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Topics

This 40-hour course is designed to provide the skills for practitioners to successfully perform Footwear examinations. Topics will include:

  • History
  • Fundamentals of BPA
  • Pattern Recognition and Classification
  • Fluid Dynamics & Mechanisms
  • Digital Image Examinations
  • Mathematical Principles & Physics
  • Standards, Best Practices, Experiment Design
  • Complex patterns, distortion, and sequencing
  • Target Surface factors
  • BPA Reconstruction
  • Bias, Error, Limitation, and Uncertainties
  • Case law, Report writing & Courtroom Testimony

This course is designed in accordance with best practices and standards established by NIST-OSAC Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Sub-committee, IABPA, and other professional guidance organizations. Successful completion of this course may be used toward the IAI certification application or re-certification process.