IAI SP9 case studies
IAI SP9 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
IAI SP9 refers to the International Association for Identification's certification program, which the association presents as a set of discipline-specific certification boards listed under its Certification section: Bloodstain Pattern, Crime Scene, Footwear, Forensic Art, Forensic Photography & Imaging, Forensic Video, Latent Print, and Tenprint Fingerprint. The IAI describes itself as the oldest and largest forensic association in the world, representing a diverse, knowledgeable and experienced membership assembled to educate, share, critique and publish methods, techniques and research in the physical forensic science disciplines. The IAI SP9 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,385 words.
1Ceiling Spatter and a Single-Blow Account
At 06:40, a 34-year-old man is found supine in a 4.2 m by 5.0 m living room with a depressed left temporal fracture. A wall 1.2 m from his head carries more than 60 circular bloodstains, 1–4 mm in diameter, plus two arcing trails of overlapping 5–9 mm stains.
961 words, about 5 min2Scene Release After a Party Stabbing
At 23:15, police enter a rented 65 m² two-bedroom apartment after a stabbing at a party. The 24-year-old victim was transported 25 minutes earlier.
919 words, about 5 min3Dust Impression with a Distinctive Heel Cut
A rear window of a garden shed is forced open; the sill is coated with dry dust. A single footwear impression, 27.0 cm long and 10.5 cm wide, is visible in the dust on the interior sill.
869 words, about 4 min4Dark Revolver on Dark Flooring
A black steel revolver, 30 cm long, lies on dark walnut flooring under a coffee table. The room is lit by a single 60 W ceiling bulb.
809 words, about 4 min5Wet Plastic Bag and an Eleven-Minutiae Latent
A black polyethylene bag, 40 cm by 50 cm, is recovered from a dumpster 300 m from a robbery. It is wet and bears a red smear on one handle.
827 words, about 4 min