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The following is a list of research papers on the subject of forensic blood spatter analysis by A L Carter Ph D, with collaborators, published in the Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal and the Journal of Forensic Identification during the period 1991 - 2006.

1.  Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with a Scientific Calculator, A L Carter and E J Podworny, Can. Soc.Forens.Sci.J., Vol 24 No. 1 1991.            How to locate the source of blood from a pair of stains found on a vertical surface.

 2.  The Directional Analysis^(c) of Bloodstain Patterns, Theory and Experimental Validation, A L Carter, Can. Soc.Forens.Sci.J., Vol. 34 No. 4 2001. The author's theory of "Directional Analysis^(c)" is explained in a peer reviewed Journal.

3.  Use of the BackTrack^TM Computer Program for Bloostain Pattern Analysis of Stains From Downward-Moving Drops, M.R. Illes, A.L. Carter, P.L. Laturnus, and A.B. Yamashita,  Can. Soc. Forens. Sci. J. Vol. 38, No. 4 (2005) pp. 213-218.       OPP Sgt Mike Illes analyzes a bloodstain pattern that cannot be done by manual stringing.

4.  Three-Dimensional Representation of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Kevin Maloney, A.L. Carter, Scott Jory and Brian Yamashita, Journal of Forensic. Identification Vol.55, No 6(2005) pp. 711-725.                                                                                       BackTrack and AutoCAD LT  used for a 3D representation of a double blow target produced at the Math/Physics Course held in Ottawa, 2004.

5.  Validation of the BackTrack Suite of Programs for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, A.L. Carter, Jon Forsythe-Erman, Vince Hawkes, Mike Illes, Pat Laturnus, Gord Lefebvre, and Brian Yamashita, Journal of Forensic. Identification Vol.56, No 2 (2006) pp. 242-254.     The first published results of repeated trials validating the Directional Analysis^(c) of bloodstain patterns with BackTrack.

6.    Principles of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, by Stuart H. James, Paul E. Kish and T. Paulette Sutton, CRC Press 2005, ISBN 0-8493-2014-3.    See Chapter 11, page 241, "Directional Analysis^(c) of Bloodstain Patterns with a Computer" by A.L. Carter PhD.