-
First case that used physical evidence to convict
In 1784 John Toms shot Edward Culshaw in the head with a pistol. John was later found with a scrap of newspaper in his pocket. A corresponding piece was found in the victims head wound. Since newspapers were one of the things used to secure gunpowder in those days the matching evidence was used to convict John Toms. -
First use of photographs in criminal investigations
In 1854, San Francisco used photography for criminal identification. -
Crime and Punishment published
-
Coroners act is put in place
The Coroner's act established the practice of coroners being the only ones able to determine the causes of sudden, violent, and unnatural deaths. -
Hair is used in forensics to develop ID
Victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lambert were the first to publish a study on hair in forensics,and hair has been a major role in forensic analysis since the early 1900's -
Gun analysis is first used
Victor Balthazard was the first to realizes that tools used to make gun barrels never leave the same markings, and individual gun barrels leave identifying grooves on each bullet fired through it. This was the first time ballistics were used. so all you would have to do is compare the gun to the bullet -
Criminal Psychololgy
Criminal psychology Even today it has no accepted definition. It can be defined as a science, which helps investigative institutions in fulfilling their mission more effectively by applying a psychological knowledge to it. In this field psychologists mainly focus on offenders. They can engage in a number of activities related to investigation, ranging from profile creation process to conduction of psychological testing of people for courts/trials for various crimes. -
DNA starts to be used
DNA was first used in crime scene investigating by Dr. Alec Jeffrey's in 1983. it was first used to investigate two rape and murders in 1983 and 1986. The investigation used genetic finger printing(DNA).
