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The first case ever reported was at this time. There was a stabbing in a village, so to try to figure out who did it, the investigators collected knives all througout the village. They studied the knives, and entually found the suspect.
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This man was concidered the "Father of Toxicology" because he studied different fluids and determined how they can be used in an investigation.
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Used thumbprints to identify workers in India.
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"Father of Criminal Identification". He developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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He published his first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first “CSI”, featured in four novels and 56 short stories, and popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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He published "Finger Prints", conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, and gave proof of their uniqueness.
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He wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation, and published "Criminal Investigation".
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he discovered the ABO blood groups, and eventually received a Nobel Prize.
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Locard incorporated Gross’ principles within a workable crime lab, and became the founder/director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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He published "Questioned Documents" and developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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He developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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He established the First Crime Lab in United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Goddard developed a comparison microscope which was first used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
