Development of CSI sciences

By rosaaaamh
  • First Medical Autopsy
    Jan 17, 1302

    First Medical Autopsy

    Bartolomeo da Varignana performed one of the first medicolegal autopsies in the case of a suspected murder of a nobleman.
  • Time of Death

    Time of Death

    Scientists began using body temperature to determine a person's time of death. This practice began in the late 1800's.
  • Henry Faulds of Scotland publishes a paper suggesting fingerprints at the scene of a crime could identify the offender. Faulds uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect and indicate a perpetrator in a Tokyo burglary.

    Henry Faulds of Scotland publishes a paper suggesting fingerprints at the scene of a crime could identify the offender. Faulds uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect and indicate a perpetrator in a Tokyo burglary.

    Henry Faulds of Scotland publishes a paper suggesting fingerprints at the scene of a crime could identify the offender. Faulds uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect and indicate a perpetrator in a Tokyo burglary.

  • Ballistics Test

    Scotland police began comparing bullets to determine if a suspect's gun was the murder weapon or not. This became the first for of Ballistics testing.
  • The invention of polygraph

    The invention of polygraph

    The polygraph was invented, which was invented by John Larson in 1921, developed for use in police stations.

  • 4 second dental match

    Japanese researchers develop a dental x-ray matching system. This system can automatically match dental x-rays in a database, and makes a positive match in less than 4 seconds
  • Using DNA to Catch a Criminal

    Using DNA to Catch a Criminal

    DNA is used for the first time to solve a crime. DNA profiling is used to identify Colin Pitchfork as the murderer of two young girls in the English Midlands.