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Used in paintings and rock carvings as signatures
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Forensics is a field of science used by law enforcement to solve crime
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Used for identification of documents and clay sculptures.
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Quintilian showed the Roman Courts bloody palm prints that would disprove a blind man murdered his mother.
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The first forensic autopsies were preformed at the University of Bologna
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A book describing how to tell the difference between drowning and strangulation. First to be recorded application of medical knowledge involving a crime scene.
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First crude microscope to help his father
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Uses a microscope to observe bacteria
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John Toms was convicted of murder when a torn piece of newspaper found in his pocket matched the wad found in a pistol.
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First use of ink in a criminal investigation
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Father of Toxicology, used microscopes and to study blood and semen
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Published the first paper detailing the nature of fingerprints. and a classification system based on 9 major types.
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First noted amylase in Human saliva
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Matched two bullets to show that the came from the same bullet mould. This was a use of ballistics.
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Developed the Marsh Test. Test for arsenic.
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Established the cellular routes of biology and anatomy.
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Developed the Hematin Test. Test blood pressure for the characteristics of rhomboid crystals.
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Used thumbprints in replace of signatures from illiterates to verify documents.
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Fredrich Miescher discovers DNA
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Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-ray light
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Ceare Lombroso writes a book stating that criminals can be identified by their physical characteristics
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Studied hair and it limitations.
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Discovered that powder dusting can expose latent fingerprints
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First use of photographs to record the criminals' face and crime scenes.
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Describes how bullets could be matches to those within a rifled gun barrel.
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Oskar and Rudolf Adlar developed the benzidine test for blood.
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President Theodore Roosevelt established the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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First criminal to be convicted of a crime by use of fingerprints
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Edmund Locard opens the first forensic laboratory in Lyon, France
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John Larson and Leonard Keeler invent the first portable polygraph
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August Vollmer established the first crime scene lab in LA
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Credited for the first recognition of group-specific antigens into body fluids other than blood
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developed chemiluminscent reagent luminol as a presumptive test for blood.
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Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn, McCarty discover that DNA carries genetic info
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A database for the FBI's recorded fingerprints
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Such applications as face recognition make identifying criminals much easier. Also useful for remaking faces, bullet trajectories, and crime scenes.
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http://www.history-of-the-microscope.org/hans-and-zacharias-jansen-microscope-history.php http://www.istockphoto.com/photos/fingerprint?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=fingerprint https://www.dailydot.com/debug/face-detection-algorithm-image-search/ http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/11/13/modern-intermediate-calibers-trade-offs-bullet-mass/ http://www.sliptalk.com/x-ray-photos/
