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Fingerprints were first used to identify identity of another person.
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A book created by Hsi DuanYu, published by the Chinese. This book was the first recorded application of medical knowledge to the solution of crime.
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San Francisco was the first state to start the use of photo identification.
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Juan Vucetich and a Argentinean police officer, was the first to use fingerprint ID. They created the system which they later termed dactyloscopy.
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Discovered by Karl Landsteiner and adapted for use on bloodstains by Dieter Max Richter.
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First police crime lab established in Los Angeles.
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Technology speed up DNA profiling time, from 6-8 weeks to between 1-2 days.
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The Forensic Science Service, launched the UK’s first online footwear coding and detection management system.
