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Period: Jan 1, 700 to
Chinese began forensic science
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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Dec 31, 1299
Chinese advance in forensic science
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Scientist beginning to seriously regard forensic anylsis
Scientists began seriously considering the emportance of evidence at the scene of a crime. -
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Bertillonage created a way of documenting crimials
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Edmond Locard
Edmond Locard opens the worlds first crime investigation lab. -
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Edmond Locard writes a seven volume book about forensic science.
The book was called Traité criminalistique.
In his work he develops a phrase known as Locards exchange principle. "It is impossible for a criminal to act, especially considering the intensity of a crime, without leaving traces of this presence."