Forsenic Science

By corear1027
  • 100 BCE

    BCE

    evidence of fingerprints in early paintings and rock carvings of prehistoric humans.

  • 1835

    Henry Goddard first used bullet comparison to catch a murderer.

  • 1836

    James Marsh, a Scottish Chemist, was the first to use technology (arsenic detection) in a jury trial.

  • 1863

    German scientist Schonbein first discovered the ability of hemoglobin to oxidize hydrogen peroxide making it foam.

  • 1892

    Sir Francis Galton published "Fingerprints", the first comprehensive book on the nature of fingertips and their use in solving crime.

  • 1898

    Paul Jesrich, a forensic chemist in Germany, took photomicrographs of two bullets to compare, and individualize,the minutiae

  • 1924

    August Vollmer as chief police in LA, Cali, implemented the first U.s. police crime laboratory.

  • 1927

    Landsteiner and Levine first detected the M, N, and P blood factors leading to development of the MNSs and P typing systems.

  • 1932

    The federal bureau of investigation (fbi) crime laboratory was created

  • 1977

    The FBI introduced the beginnings of its "Automate d Fingerprint Identification System (AIFS)" with the first computerized scans of fingerprints