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History of CSI

By cheyennej
  • First Law for Cause of Death
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    First Law for Cause of Death

    The medical examiner can be the only one to call the cause of death.
  • Fingerprinting
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    Fingerprinting

    First fingerprinting records were created by using clay.
  • Lie Detector Test
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    Lie Detector Test

    First lie detector test that determined a persons heart beats faster when they are lieing.
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    First Book About Forensic Science

    First written book using medicine to solve criminal cases.
  • First Pathology Report

    First Pathology Report

  • Toxicology

    Toxicology

    The start of being able to test for toxins in someones blood.
  • Case Using Physical Evidence

    Case Using Physical Evidence

    1784 John Toms shot Edward Culshaw in the head with a pistol. John had a piece of newspaper in his pocket and Edward had the same piece of newspaper in his head wound. Since newspapers were one of the things used to secure gunpowder in those days the matching newspaper was used to convict John Toms. This was the first case where physical evidence was used.

  • Use of Pictures

    First use of pictures to identify a suspect.

  • Using Hair

    First use of identify a suspect or victim by using a piece of their hair

  • Portable Polygraph Machine

    John Larson made a portable polygraph machine.
  • DNA Analysis

    DNA Analysis

    First DNA profiling technique and is still the same one we use today.