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1686
Marcello Malpighi (1686) noticed in his research that fingerprints have spirals and arches but no note on how this discovery could affect forensic studies -
1814
Mathieu Bonaventure is credited as one of the first people to use a microscope to study blood. -
1816
Being able to take photos of blood evidence, camera (1816) Beaumont Newhall, Arthur Fellig ; famous crime photographer -
1835
Henry Goddard (1835) developed the science of identifying fired bullets and weapons -
1858
William Herschel (1858) Noticed that no two fingerprints were the same and this lead to being able to use them for identification purposes -
1862
J. (Izaak) Van Deen development of earliest test for blood (1862) -
1863
Christian Friedrich schonbein (1863) was the first to discover the ability of hemoglobin to oxidize hydrogen peroxide making it foam -
1880
Henry faulds and WIlliam James Herschel (1880) wrote a paper about unique fingerprints, this system helped cases in court determine possibilities to determine those different prints -
1889
Alexandre Lacassagne (1889) was the first to develop ballistic fingerprinting -
1892
Police investigator Alvarez (1892) first case to be solved a fingerprint furthermore making sure fingerprints are recorded and stored -
1892
Police Inspector Álvarez (1892) first case to be solved with a Bloody fingerprint -
1898
Paul Jeserich (1898) was one of the first scientists to assign a fired bullet to the right weapon -
1901
Karl Landsteiner (1901) forensic scientist could compare blood evidence left at crime scenes from suspects -
1903
New york prison (1903) first to keep recorded fingerprints on huge pieces of paper called slips -
1908
By (1908) both the navy and the marines were using fingerprint data -
1912
Victor Baltzard (1912) he noted that bullets AND casings and cartridges are marked by their fired guns -
1915
Leone Lattes (1915) developed a method that determined blood types from dried blood. -
1920
Calvin Goddard (1920) perfected the comparison microscope to use to compare bullets -
1924
FBI (1924) took over fingerprints data and by 1971 had over 200 million records -
1926
Calvin Goddard (1926) formed the Bureau of Forensic Ballistics -
1929
Calvin Goddard (1929) helped connect if certain machine guns were part of murders -
1960's
massive growth of crime labs and forensic studies.(1960's) -
1967
Brian J Culliford (1967) developed methods to test for Isoenzymes in dried up blood stains -
1975
FBI (1975) first scanners to extract fingerprints was installed and used to help operate cases -
1984
Alec Jeffreys discovered a technique of genetic fingerprinting (1984) -
1990
Charles E. Waite (1900s) first scientist to compile a catalog of information about firearms -
1990
Digital vehicle forensics helps investigators put together data from and about vehicles. -
2000's
Social media forensics, helps investigators have a wider range of where to look for solving crimes. (2000's) -
2010's
DNA Phenotyping helps determine and narrow down the amount of suspects within a case with this type of technology. (2010's)