Some Problems in Blood Testing and Grouping
Paul L. Kirk, Charlotte L. Brown, A. Boyd Conners · The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science · 1954
versity of California and an associate editor of this Journal. Professor Kirk is the author of Crime Investigation and has published numerous articles in this and other scientific publications describing the results of research in the field of criminalistics. Mrs. Charlotte Brown is a graduate of the School of Criminology, University of California, and the last several years has served as an assistant to Professor Kirk. She is a coauthor with him of an article "An Improved Density Gradient Technique," which appeared in the November-December 1952 issue of this Journal. A. Boyd Conners was a student at the School of Criminology when the research for this paper was being carried out.-EIOR. Several difficulties in routine application of blood testing methods (1), and particu-larly of blood grouping (2) have arisen in this and other laboratories. The reasons for some of these and methods of avoiding or correcting the difficulties need to be called to the attention of workers in crime laboratories. Recurrent questions that constantly arise in testimony, such as the effect of washing of cloth on the tests for blood are also of importance and should be answered to the extent possible. At least a portion of