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First recorded case using forensic science. Someone was stabbed with a knife so the town's people gathered all the knives together and watched as flies went to the knife with blood splatters on it. The knife owner confessed.
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Different scientists and individuals that contributed to forensic science.
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"Father of Forensics"
Toxicology: tested poisons and their effects on animals -
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 people
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Considered the first 'CSI' popularized scientific crime-detection methods. Published his first Sherlock Holmes story.
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Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. He discovered proof of their individuality.
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Published "Criminal Investigation". Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
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Discovered the ABO Blood groups. Received the 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 US, located in LA, California.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
