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Basic Bloodstain Pattern Recognition Course

Course details

Program area: Forensic Identification

Course code: BBPRC

Register
2024
Course registration details
Session(s) Location Start date End date
24-01 Full Ottawa 2024-10-21 2024-10-25
Cost
Tuition
$3,825.00

Notes

  • Accommodations are offered to course participants. Our rooms are subject to availability and the request must be indicated on the course registration form
  • Meal plans are offered to course participants. The specific meal plan must be indicated on the course registration form
  • Travel grant funding is available to our non-federal law enforcement agencies
2025
Course registration details
Session(s) Location Start date End date
25-01R English British Columbia 2025-06-02 2025-06-06
25-02 English Ottawa 2025-10-20 2025-10-24
Cost
Tuition
$4,075.00

Notes

  • Accommodations are offered to course participants. Our rooms are subject to availability and the request must be indicated on the course registration form
  • Meal plans are offered to course participants. The specific meal plan must be indicated on the course registration form
  • Travel grant funding is available to our non-federal law enforcement agencies

Description

This course provides the knowledge and skills required to recognise, measure and record bloodstain patterns. It explores theory, including bloodstain pattern terminology, and principles of physics on how they relate to bloodstain evidence. Students are introduced to presumptive tests, chemical reagents, and the process for identifying, documenting and collecting suitable samples for DNA testing. Proper handling and packaging of samples to avoid possible contamination and degeneration of the DNA is another component covered in the course. Knowledge and skills are developed through hands-on practice exercises and experiments where students observe how blood droplets look on different surfaces, examine the droplets' directionality, determine their point of origin and further develop their knowledge of and skills related to crime scene processing.

Format and delivery

Length of course
5 days
Class size
maximum 24 students
Delivery setting
theoretical components are delivered in classroom; practical components may take place indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions

Learning outcomes

Eligibility and mandatory requirements

Assessment

Contact

For more details or other information about the course, please email cpc_registrar-registraire_ccp@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

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