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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2016

Reconstruction of crimes by infrared photography.

V Sterzik, M Bohnert

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Detection of painted-over traces of blood and seminal fluid.International journal of legal medicine · 2018
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V SterzikInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Julius-Maximilians-University, Versbacher Str. 3, 97078, Würzburg, Germany. vera.sterzik@kssg.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2717-0029
M BohnertInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Julius-Maximilians-University, Versbacher Str. 3, 97078, Würzburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whenever blunt or sharp forces are used in a crime, analysis of bloodstain pattern distribution may provide important information for the reconstruction of happenings. Thereby, attention should be paid to both the crime scene and the clothes of everyone involved in the crime. On dark textiles, though, it is difficult or even impossible for the human eye to detect bloodstains because of the low contrast to the background. However, in the near infrared wavelength range, contrast is considerably higher. Many textiles reflect light beyond a wavelength of 830 nm and thus appear light-colored, whereas blood absorbs the light and appears dark. In our studies, a D7000 NIKON reflex camera modified for infrared photography produced high-resolution photographs visualizing even very small spatter stains on dark textiles. The equipment can be used at any crime scene or lab and provides immediately available and interpretable images. Thus, important findings can be obtained at an early stage of police investigations, as two examples (homicide and attempted homicide) illustrate.

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Blood StainsInfrared RaysAdultClothingFemaleForensic SciencesHomicideHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhotographyBloodstain pattern analysisBloodstainsClothes inside outCrime scene investigationDark surfacesForensic scienceHomicideInfrared photographySelf-inflicted injuries

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