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Henry P. DeFORREST pioneers the first systematic use of fingerprints in the United States by the New York Civil Service Commission.
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Oskar and Rudolf ADLER develop a presumptive test for blood based on benzidine, a new chemical developed by Merk.
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American President Theodore ROOSEVELT establishes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Edmund LOCARD, successor to LACASSAGNE as professor of forensic medicine at the University of Lyons, France, establishes the first police crime laboratory.
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Edmund LOCARD, successor to LACASSAGNE as professor of forensic medicine at the University of Lyons, France, establishes the first police crime laboratory.
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F. H. ALLEN and colleagues first describe the Kidd blood grouping system.
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James WATSON and Francis CRICK publish landmark paper identifying the structure of DNA.
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R. F. BORKENSTEIN, captain of the Indiana State Police, invents the Breathalyzer for field sobriety testing.
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De SARAM further publishes important papers on time since death.
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R. A. FILDES and H. HARRIS first identiy the polymorphic nature of red cell adenylate cyclase (AK).
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Police in the UK first use forensic DNA profiling.
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Dna testingIn People v. PESTINIKAS, Edward BLAKE first uses PCR-based DNA testing (HLA DQa) , to confirm different autopsy samples to be from the same person. The evidence is accepted by a civil court. This is also the first use of any kind of DNA testing in the United States.
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LEWELLEN, McCURDY, HORTON, and ASSELIN, LESLIE, McKINLEY publish milestone papers introducing a novel procedure for the analysis of drugs in whole blood by homogeneous enzyme immunoassay (EMIT).
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Australia's first court case involving DNA evidence. In an ACT court, Desmond APPLEBEE is convicted of three counts of sexual assault. APPLEBEE changes his defense from "I wasn't there" to "the woman consented" after a blood sample matches him to DNA extracted from blood and semen on the victim's clothes.
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The world's first national DNA database commences operations in the UK on 10 April 1995.
