Forensics

By Cesa071602
  • 90

    Quintilian

    Used a bloody palm as evidence to acquit his client
  • 700

    The First Use of Fingerprints

    The Ancient Chinese use fingerprints to identify business documents
  • 1540

    Ambroise Pare

    father of surgery and tonsil pathology. Was a pioneer in surgical techniques

  • Marcello Malpighi

    Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology, physiology and embryology

  • A Culprit is Caught

    John Toms was convicted of murder when the murder weapon (a handgun) was found with a shred of paper that Toms had in his pocket.

  • The First Chemical Analysis

    Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila uses chemical analysis as a routine part of forensic investigation.

  • James Marsh

    Invented the marsh test for determining arsenic

  • Schoenbein

    Became a Professor of forensics

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Influencer of most forensic methods

  • Forensic Photography

    Odelbrecht becomes one of the first to use photography in Forensics.

  • Sir Francis Galton

    First to study Synaesthesia

  • The Importance of Fingerprints

    Henry Faulds promotes the idea of using fingerprints in forensics.

  • Alphonse Bertillon

    First to track physical measurements and kept records

  • SIr Edward Richard Henry

    showed how fingerprints identify individuals

  • Alexander Lacassagne

    The first scientist to study bullet masking and their relation to specific weapons

  • Juan Vucetich

    Devised Classification of fingerprints called "Daetyloscopes"

  • Francisca Rojas

    First person to be arrested because of fingerprint evidence

  • Hans Gross

    Established the science of forensics

  • Paul Jesrich

    Discovered tech photography and chromatography

  • Karl Landsteiner

    Discovered the human blood groups

  • Joseph A. Faurot

    First to use fingerprints during an investigation

  • August Vollmer

    Leading figure in the development of the field of criminal justice in the early 20th century

  • Henry Goddard

    Prominent Psychologist and Eugenicist

  • New York State Prison System

    Maintains a forensic lab to identify prisoners

  • Will West

    Man man who was confused with another that had similar fingerprints and the same name

  • One of the Largest Groups

    Theodore Roosevelt Starts the Bureau of Investigation

  • The First Lab

    Dr, Edmond Locard creates the first Crime Lab

  • Victor Balthazard

    modeled fingerprint individuality

  • L.W. Atcherly

    Devised and published "M.O." in criminal investigation and detection

  • Blood Preservance

    Leone Lattes develops a method for restoreing dried blood samples to be tested and used as evidence.

  • Collecting Evidence

    Albert Schneider uses a Vacuum to collect evidence.

  • New York Medical Examiner's Office

    Investigated untimely deaths/murders

  • Phillip O. Gravelle

    Developed a comparison microscope for use in the identification of fired bullets and cartridge casing

  • Microscopic Evidence

    Calvin Goddard uses microscopes to compare bullets to identify murder weapons.

  • Frye Standard

    Scientific evidence used in court must be generally accepted by scientific communities

  • FBI Crime Lab

    Provides Forensic Analysis support to the FBI

  • Luke May

    Author of "Scientific Murder Investigation"

  • Daubert Ruling

    A rule of evidence regarding admissibility of witness expert testimony

  • Forensic ReWork

    J. Edgar Hoover reworks the Bureau of investigation and Improves it, turning it into the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  • Walter Specht

    Discovered a way to test crime scenes using Luminol

  • Forensic Groups Rise

    Albert S. Osborn becomes the first president of the American Society of Questioned Document Examination

  • The First Book

    Paul Kirk publishes a book on Criminalistics.

  • R.F. Borkenstein

    Invented the Breathalyzer

  • Doyle vs. State of Texas

    First use of bite-mark evidence

  • A Forensic Organization

    Walter McCrone starts a forensic investigation company that grows into McCrone Associates, Inc.

  • Frank Lundquist

    Created the method for the enzymatic determination of acetate

  • Detection of GSR

    examining gunshot residue

  • Murray Hill

    Murder of bail monk

  • Sir Alec Jeffreys

    Developed techniques for the benefit of fingerprint analysis and DNA profiling

  • DNA Profiling

    analysis of someones DNA

  • DNA exoneration/problem solving

    Using DNA to prove innocence

  • CODIS

    DNA Index System

  • Tennessee vs Ware

    First to use DNA as evidence

  • IBIS

    Integrated Ballistics Identification System

  • AFIS & IAFIS

    Automated Fingerprint Identification