Hemraj Verma MSc (Microbiology) is a serologist and crime scene investigator, and currently Assistant Director, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Rajasthan. He started his career as forensic scientist in 2007 as crime scene unit in charge when the concept of district-level forensic crime scene unit establishment started functioning in Rajasthan. Along with field experience, he has years of practical experience of working and examining thousands of bloodstained evidence articles received in serology unit. This book is an amalgam of his experience in crime scene fieldwork as well as his contribution inside the white-walled laboratory. He has been given the ‘Best Scientific Paper Award’ in oral session in crime scene by Directorate of Forensic Science Services, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, in 2010. He has participated in various training programs for police personnel and attended various short courses on ‘Crime scene management’. This book is his sincere contribution in the field of forensic bloodstain pattern analysis.
<div class="short-description" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><div class="std" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">This book provides a detailed understanding of one of the several specialties in the field of forensic science. Readers will experience a different approach of studying bloodstain pattern analysis in this book as a large number of illustrations of real crime scene related evidence articles have been presented along with crime scene visit findings.</p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">This is the first Indian book dedicated solely to educate the first responders, the investigation officers, in the simplest way possible about bloodstain pattern found deposited on crime spot so that they can properly photograph and preserve the otherwise neglected yet very crucial physical evidence. It is equally useful for the law enforcement personnel, crime scene investigators, students of forensic science and forensic medicine, lawyers as well as the judicial officers to encourage awareness about this important sub-discipline. Carefully selected illustrations of blood-stained physical objects related to the blunt weapon, sharp weapon, accident and firearm assault, along with important findings related to various crime scene visits done by the author, give readers an insight. This book develops skilled interpretation about gathering information from the body of the deceased person and related physical evidence articles about the sequence of events in a particular crime assault type based on deposited bloodstains. The book features identification and characterization of liquid or dried blood stains to reveal staged or genuineness of physical evidence, along with the type of weapon used in the offense and the persons involved in the crime.</span><br></div></div></div>
