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Xi yuan lu (Collected cases of injustice rectified) written by Song Ci
- world's first ever written book on forensic science
- someone was stabbed and all of the knives in the village were collected. Flies are attracted to traces of blood and landed on only one of the knives collected. -
The “Father of Forensic Toxicology”
- chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection
of poisons and their effects on animals -
Herschel, a British ICS officer, used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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Known as “Father of Criminal Identification”.
- developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to
distinguish individuals -
Scottish doctor, missionary, and scientist who used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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British writer who published his first Sherlock Holmes story
- it was considered the first “CSI”, featured in four novels and 56
short stories
- popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Published Finger Prints.
- Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their
classification.
- gave proof of their uniqueness -
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
- Published Criminal Investigation -
Discovered the ABO blood groups and later received Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross’ principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood
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Established the First Crime Lab in United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
