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The first case ever recorded using forensics science, printed in 1247, is the oldest extant book on forensic medicine in the world.
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He is considered the father of criminal identification because in 1840, Marie Lafarge was tried for the murder of her husband using arsenic and the marsh test was wrong and there was arsenic in the body.
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Herschel experimented with fingerprints and overtime realized that a person's fingerprints never change. He explained and they are now used for legal documents.
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A police officer, created an identification system based off of measurements.
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Helped the fingerprints system develop.
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Known for his detective fiction, the character Sherlock Holmes, wrote almost 60 short stories about his character.
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He was the first to study fingerprints in a criminal investigation, and would publish fingerprints.
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He was first to publish criminal investigation and write a paper about scientific principles.
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Landsteiner discovered type ABO blood.
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Incorporated Gross principles within a workable crime lab, became the founder and director of the institute of criminalistics at the university of lyons, France.
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Published questioned documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the first crime lab in the united states, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope, first used it to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
