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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. The chinese lawyer Sung Tu's wrote a textbook on criminal investigations in which recounts the story of a murder near a rice field. The victim had been slashed repeatedly, and investigators suspected the weapon was a sickle. The local magistrate brought the workers together and asked them to lay down their sickles. One quickly attracted flies and could sense blood residue and tissue. The murderer, confronted, confessed to the crime.
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Considered the ''Father of Forensic Toxicology''. He worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, made studies of asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation. He helped to develop tests for the presence of blood and is credited as one of the first people to use a microscope to asses blood and semen stains. He worked to improve public health systems and medical training.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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''Father of Criminal Identification.'' Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes, story; considered the first ''CSI''. featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published ''Finger Prints''. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published ''Criminal Investigation.''
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, 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 the 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.
