History of Crime scene investigation

  • First autopsy
    44 BCE

    First autopsy

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

    CSI timeline

  • Fingerprints
    400

    Fingerprints

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

    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