6/1/2026 - 6/5/2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

Training Announcement

Fee: $0 (sponsored by DOJ Grant)

Instructors: Carol Ritter, M.S., ABC-GKE – Assistant Director, Berner Center and Joseph Cordoma, Ph.D. — Manager, Berner Center
 

Course Overview

Designed for law enforcement and private investigators who will be involved with the task of conducting a bloodstain pattern analysis, the focus of this 40-hour basic level course is on feature documentation of each bloodstain pattern type. Attendees will have an introduction into fluid dynamic concepts as they relate to bloodstains, followed by the proper analysis of bloodstain patterns from a bottom-up, feature-based approach through to pattern elimination, using case-context to determine the mechanism(s) that created each pattern.

Training Highlights

• Principles and theory behind bloodstain pattern formation
• Liquid blood behavior under certain conditions
• Liquid blood behavior on specific surfaces
• Defining bloodstains
• Documentation types and techniques
• Mathematical principles

Topic(s) and/or order of topics may be subject to change at any time.

Practical Exercises:

• Crime scene walkthrough
• Bloodstain pattern recognition
• Bloodstain documentation
• Interpretation and findings

Each student is required to bring a camera (preferably a DSLR digital camera).

Setting: In-Person
Expert Witness Testimony Center & Crime Scene Lab Cedar Crest College
100 College Drive
Allentown, PA 18104

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Caitlin McCullough

• https://ewtc.cedarcrest.edu/events/basic-bloodstain-pattern-analysis-5-day/

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6/1/2026 - 6/5/2026

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