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Blunt Force Pattern Injury

An injury to the skin by an object resulting in a pattern that may replicate the design of the object. (Also known as a pattern contusion.)

Committee

Footwear & Tire

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)

ANSI/Academy Standards Board (ASB), Terminology Used for Forensic Footwear and Tire Evidence. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, 2019. Source link