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Jan 1, 1247
First textbook
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 -
John Toms principle
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. -
Eugene Francois Vidoqc
Vidoqc was able to establish the first detective force by getting to an understanding with the police. -
Question Document Analysis
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. -
The Bullets Weakness
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. -
Toxicology
Toxicology, (a branchof science concerned with poisons, their nature, effects,and antidotes) was first used by the English chemist James Marsh. -
Blood Testing
German scientist, Shinbein, did the first known blood test and also realized that hemoglobin was able to oxidize hydrogen peroxide into foam. -
Photos At A Crime Scene
Odelbrecht found how the use of photography could be an essence to identify and keep track of a drime scene. -
Unchangable Fingerprints
Francis Henry Galton determined that fingerprints are unchangable throughout a person whole life span and everybodies fingerrints are unique. -
Fingerprints Detect Criminals
Henry P. DeForrest was the first in all the U.S. to systematically use fingerprints as an advantage to identifying criminals. -
FBI begins
President Theodore Roosevelt established the Federal Bureau of Investigation. -
Matching Points On Your Finger
Edmond Locard wasthe first person to mention 12 matching points as being a succesful fingerprint identification. -
Registered Data On Weapons
The first man to register data about different types of weapons was Charles E. Waite. -
Crime Laboratory
The first crime lboratory in the U.S. was founded by August Vollmer, the chief police in Los Angeles -
Criminalistics
The first comprehensive book on criminalistics was published byPaul Kirk. -
Automated Fingerprint Identification System
Introduced by the FBI the A.F.I.S. had the first known computerizedscans of fingerprints. -
