History of Crime scene investigation

By maxhlovell
  • 44 BCE

    First autopsy

    First autopsy
    Antistius examined Julius Caesars body after his murder, finding that he had been stabbed 23 times.
  • Period: 44 BCE to

    CSI timeline

  • 400

    Fingerprints

    Fingerprints
    In ancient cities like Babylon and other cities in Mesopotamia used fingerprints in drawings and coins for business.
  • 800

    Lie detector test

    Lie detector test
    Erasistratus was a Greek anatomist who is credited with pioneering the study of the heart and its rhythms. He discovered that a subjects heart rate increases when telling a lie

  • Microscope

    Microscope
    In 1609 Galileo crafted the first device known as a microscope

  • fingerprints

    fingerprints
    IN 1892 an Argentinian police officer started recording offenders fingerprints and keeping them on file.

  • fingerprinting in the Us

    fingerprinting in the Us
    IN 1900 the New York justice system began mandating the use of fingerprints for offender identification

  • FBI Crime Lab

    FBI Crime Lab
    Police chief August Vollmer created the first ever crime lab in 1932

  • Firearm residue

    Firearm residue
    A chemical test capable of detecting firearm residue in put into standard use.

  • DNA evidence

    DNA evidence
    By 1989 the us supreme court decided that DNA evidence was admissible in court