Research proj

before time of being a criminal investigator/ detective

  • henry faulds

    henry faulds

    he observed that bloody fingerprints on objects lead to scientific identification of criminals
  • coroner's act is established

    coroner's act is established

    the coroner's act established the practice of coroners being the only ones able to determine the causes of sudden, violent, and unnatural deaths.
  • what happened in 1908 ?!

    what happened in 1908 ?!

    violence was getting out of hand, nobody was around to control or even investigate how it happen or what happen until 1908
    https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-history/the-nation-calls
  • white slave traffic act

    white slave traffic act

    congress passed the white slave traffic act/ mann act. significally increased the BOI's jurisdiction over interstate crime
  • finally organized

    finally organized

    the criminal division was formally organized
    https://www.justice.gov/criminal/history
  • civil liberties

    civil liberties

    the civil liberties was created and later renamed the civil rights section
    https://www.justice.gov/criminal/history
  • the organized crime

    the organized crime

    the organized crime and racketeering section was created to more systematically prosecute organized crime.
    https://www.justice.gov/criminal/history
  • first voice recording used as evidence

    first voice recording used as evidence

    after discovering the ability to record conversations police began using recording devices to record evidence for courts
  • narcotic and drug section

    narcotic and drug section

    the narcotic and dangerous drug section is created to maximize coordination between federal investigation prosecution efforts
  • watergate scandals

    watergate scandals

    in the wake of the watergate scandal, the public integrity section is created
  • a program ?!?

    a program ?!?

    the international criminal investigative training ass. program was established. if you wanted, you could then come in and go through a program and later maybe go through training.
    https://www.justice.gov/criminal/history
  • the first female assistant

    the first female assistant

    jo ann harris becomes the first female assistant attorney for the division
  • domestic security section

    domestic security section

    The domestic security section is created. the terrorism and violent crime section and Internal security section are renamed the counterterrorism section and counterespionage section
  • The gang unit

    The gang unit

    The gang unit is created to target gang-related crime. the counterterrorism and counterespionage sections are transferred into the newly-created national security division.
  • human rights and special prosecutions

    human rights and special prosecutions

    The human rights and special prosecutions section is created from a merger of OSI and DSS. The organized crime and gang section is created from a merger of OCRS and the Gang Unit.
  • 100th anniversary

    the division celebrated its 100th anniversary