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16 Century
the Offender would have to get the truth tortured out of them and if they were innocent god gave them the strength to resist the pain. -
1700s
one of the first documented uses of physical matching saw an Englishman convicted of murder based on the torn edge of a wad of newspaper in a pistol that matched a piece remaining in his pocket. -
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1800s
Progress was being made. The first questioned document was recorded. Bullet comparison to catch murder. The first microscope was made. Development of testing blood. in 1888, doctors in London were allowed to examine victims to find patterns of these deaths. -
1800
Henry Faulds and William James Herschel publish a paper describing the uniqueness of fingerprints. Francis Galton, a scientist, adapted their findings for the court. -
1900s
They were self taught. establishment of a forensic science school in 1902 by Swiss Professor R. A. Reiss at the University of Lausanne. the practice of using the comparison microscope for bullet comparison in the 1920s. Invention of the Breathalyzer for field sobriety tests. 1980s ended with a few DNA firsts. the use of DNA to solve a crime and an innocent suspect. -
1900
Galton-Henry system of fingerprint identification officially used by Scotland Yard and is the most used fingerprinting to date. -
1900
developed several methods of matching bullets to guns via photography. -
1900
DNA fingerprinting techniques developed by Sir Alec Jeffreys. -
1900
National Academy of Sciences announces DNA evidence is reliable. -
2000s
science of forensics is now known as a critical ingredient in law enforcement and the solution of crimes. Advances in technology are being applied to the finite and field of forensic science. we are in the 21st century, forensic science must continue to develop. -
2000
Technology speeds up DNA profiling time, from 6-8 weeks to between 1-2 days. -
2000
way for scientists to visualize fingerprints even after the print has been removed is developed, relating to how fingerprints can corrode metal surfaces. -
2000
dental evidence of the deceased recovered from the scene of crime/occurrence is compared with the records for identification. Dental features such as tooth morphology, variations in shape and size, restorations, missing tooth, wear patterns, crowding of the teeth, color and position of the tooth, rotations and other peculiar dental anomalies give every individual a identity.