Forensic Science By vgallardo01 Jan 1, 1892 First fingerprints used for investigation Period: Jan 1, 1892 to Sep 7, 2016 History of Forensic Science Jan 1, 1903 New York State Prison first systematic use of fingerprints for criminal identification in US Jan 1, 1905 Teddy Roosevelt created the Federal Bureau of Investigation Jan 1, 1909 Institut de police scientifique of the University of Lausanne founded by Archibald Reiss Jan 1, 1910 First forensic studies on hair followed by the first legal case involving hair Jan 1, 1921 Portable Polygraph was designed Jan 1, 1923 First police crime lab created Jan 1, 1960 First voice recording used as evidence Jan 1, 1987 First criminal convicted with DNA evidence Jan 1, 1994 CODIS was created by US government Combined DNA Index System
