An American Historian Edward Steers wrote Blood on the Moon, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. What makes this book so unique is that Steers focuses on Lincoln’s religion and assassination, unlike most biographical books that mainly only pay attention to his life and achievements as president. As stated in the introduction of this passage, Steers notes that there was not a single academic work that focused exclusively on the killing of the former President until 117 years after his death in the
In the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008), producer Stacy Peralta documents the beginnings of the most violent gangs known in America, The Crips and The Bloods. He outlined the many external factors that turned the African-American youth of South Central Los Angeles, California into a world of bloodshed and death from the 1950’s through 2000. Although South Central was not segregated as was in the South US during this time period, there was an understood segregation within the community
Movie Critic “Fire in the blood” the documentary by Dylan Mohan Gray is based on the monopoly of various pharmaceutical companies over the patent of HIV drugs. The name of the drug which cured people of HIV was the ARV’s. The documentary revolves around the people who sufferd from AIDS but where unable to buy the drug as the price of the drug was not affordable by them. The cost of the drug which the pharmaceutical companies had set was beyond the reach of the common poor people. The rates were
Fortune Favors the Bold: Sometimes Andrea Stuart’s Sugar in the Blood tracks the life of her maternal ancestor George Ashby throughout his migration from England to the island of Barbados. But, why is it that this book exists? Why was it that he migrated, and why did it take until the 17th century for Stuart’s ancestors to cross the ocean? With the religious, political, and resulting economic upheaval that characterized this century members of the lower classes were left with only two options
had a hard time trying to get the story. Trying to generalize an entire region of individuals would seem quite unfair; I reside in the south a small town, and knowing several spots individuals like Capote would be intolerant. For Truman’s In Cold Blood nonfiction title
“Half Blood Blues” by Esi Edugyan displays that societal restrictions and norms lead to the development of Sidney Griffith’s (Sid) character development. This novel takes place in Germany during 1939, where Sid starts his Jazz career in Germany, up until the time when Sid and his friends escaped to Poland in 1992. Sid and his friends travel to Germany from Paris when a musician offers them a job. The struggles that Sid suffers throughout the years and in Germany allow him to develop into a person
Introduction to Forensic Science- 500 Word PDP Essay Blood Stain Pattern Analysis: A referenced summary. Bloodstain pattern analysis is the analysis of blood at a crime scene, potentially used for crime scene reconstruction, determining any potential offences that took place (stabbing, assault etc.) and establishing the order actions unfolded. As stated in J. Slemko’s Bloodstain Tutorial the interpretation of bloodstains is said to be able to “confirm or refute assumption concerning events and
Archaeology and Forensics Monday/ Wednesday 1:30 – 2:45 Paper 1 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is an extremely important method when going over crime scenes. Bloodstain pattern analysis is a tried and tested method of mathematically calculating the location of the source of the spattered blood patterns in a three-dimensional space (International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis 3). Analysts look at bloodstain patterns in order to help police investigators
range from the simple to the complex. At base, the understanding of simple geometry will help with the understanding of bloodstain pattern analysis. Through the application of the Pythagorean Theorem (A2+B2=C2) one will be given the ability to look at the blood drops and figure out which direction the victim was moving. That being said, bloodstain pattern analysis is the study and method of looking at the dispersion, shape, characteristics, volume, pattern, number of bloodstains, and their relationship
Blood is the most encountered physical evidence in many crime scenes. Blood is not just useful in identification or physical matching or providing links between the crime scene, victim and the culprit. In the late 1800s and early 1900s a new sub branch of forensic science was slowly gaining prominence. Bloodstain pattern analysis is a branch or discipline under forensic science which involves the interpretation of the shape, pattern and analysis of blood stains found in the crime scene so as