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On this date, a chinese book, was the first textbook on forensic medicine was published, which helps document the needed procedures to follow during the investigation of a suspicious death, making this the first recorded application of medical knowledge to solve a crime
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John Toms was the first to be convicted of a murder by physical matching. He was found guilty by a little piece on the edge of a news paper matching to one in his pocket.
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Vidoqc was able to establish the first detective force by getting to an understanding with the police.
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Germany is were the first recorded question document analysis occrued, which is simply a test to detect erased writing. A chemical test put on a document known as Konigin Hanschritt to determine a particular ink dye.
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The man,Henry Goddard, was the first to pair a bullet to a form in order to find a murderer, just by examining the bullets flaws.
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Toxicology, (a branchof science concerned with poisons, their nature, effects,and antidotes) was first used by the English chemist James Marsh.
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German scientist, Shinbein, did the first known blood test and also realized that hemoglobin was able to oxidize hydrogen peroxide into foam.
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Odelbrecht found how the use of photography could be an essence to identify and keep track of a drime scene.
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Francis Henry Galton determined that fingerprints are unchangable throughout a person whole life span and everybodies fingerrints are unique.
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Henry P. DeForrest was the first in all the U.S. to systematically use fingerprints as an advantage to identifying criminals.
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President Theodore Roosevelt established the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Edmond Locard wasthe first person to mention 12 matching points as being a succesful fingerprint identification.
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The first man to register data about different types of weapons was Charles E. Waite.
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The first crime lboratory in the U.S. was founded by August Vollmer, the chief police in Los Angeles
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The first comprehensive book on criminalistics was published byPaul Kirk.
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Introduced by the FBI the A.F.I.S. had the first known computerizedscans of fingerprints.
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