Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Terminology - IABPA - Wipe Pattern |
Note: At the 2009 IABPA meeting in Portland, OR, USA, the IABPA membership voted to adopt the SWGSTAIN recommended terminology. Definition- Wipe Pattern
- A bloodstain pattern created when an object moves through an existing stain, removing and/or altering its appearance.
 Bloodstain Example - Wipe Pattern© 2008 FORident Software Inc. Description
This pattern was generated by putting several passive stains on a target and dragging the four
fingers of the right hand through the stains before they were dried.
Bloodletting scenes can be quite dynamic and wipe patterns are common. It may be possible to
determine the direction of travel of an object that created the wipe pattern. Alternate Terminology| Bevel & Gardner | Non-spatter Family - Irregular Margin - Smear - Wipe | | James, Kish & Sutton | Altered - Sequenced - Wipe | | Wonder | Spatters Not a Criteria - Transfers - Moving - Wipe | | SWGSTAIN | Wipe Pattern - An altered bloodstain pattern resulting from an object moving through a preexisting wet bloodstain. |
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Old IABPA Bloodstain Terminology*
- Passive Patterns
- Passive Drop
- Drip Pattern
- Flow Pattern
- Pool
- Saturation
- Transfer Patterns
- Transfer/Contact Pattern
- Swipe Pattern
- Wipe Pattern
- Projected/Impact Spatter
- Arterial Spurting Pattern
- Cast-off Pattern
- Expirated Blood
- Low Velocity Impact Spatter (LVIS)
- Medium Velocity Impact Spatter (MVIS)
- High Velocity Impact Spatter (HVIS)
- Projected Blood Pattern
- Miscellaneous
- Void
- Fly Spots
- Bubble Rings
- Skeletonized Stains
* At the IABPA meeting in 2009, the IABPA membership voted to adopt the SWGSTAIN terminology.
 by Stuart H. James (Editor) |
