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first discovers human blood groups and is awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in 1930. Max RICHTER adapts the technique to type stains. This is one of the first instances of performing validation experiments specifically to adapt a method for forensic science.
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pioneers the first systematic use of fingerprints in the United States by the New York Civil Service Commission.
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begins the first systematic use of fingerprints in United States for criminal identification
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successor to LACASSAGNE as professor of forensic medicine at the University of Lyons, France, establishes the first police crime laboratory.
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develops another microscopic crystal test for hemoglobin using hemochromogen crystals.
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picturebuilds the first mass spectrometer known as the hyperbola spectrograph.
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videohref='http://sanchezlm.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/edmond-locard.jpg' >picture</a>first suggests 12 matching points as a positive fingerprint identification.
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picturewith Charles E. WAITE, Phillip O. GRAVELLE, and John H FISHER, perfect the comparison microscope for use in bullet comparison.
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Japanese scientist, is credited with the first recognition of secretion of group-specific antigens into body fluids other than blood.
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PIcturecrime laboratory is created.
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publishes the first paper addressing the usefulness of secretor status for forensic applications
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picture(AAFS) is formed in Chicago, Illinois. The group also begins publication of the Journal of Forensic Science (JFS).
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one of the first comprehensive criminalistics and crime investigation texts that encompass theory in addition to practice.
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originally promulgated by the U.S. Supreme Court, are enacted as a congressional statute. They are based on the relevancy standard in which scientific evidence that is deemed more prejudicial than probative may not be admitted.
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FBIintroduces the beginnings of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with the first computerized scans of fingerprints.
