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Yi Yu Ji is one of the earliest evidence of forensics. The Chinese were the firsts to discover finger print variation/identification. -
Quentilian was a roman lawyer used a set of bloody handprints to prove a man was innocent of murdering his mother -
A British man convicted of murder by the use of physical matching. He was convicted based on the turn edge of a wad of newspaper in a pistol matching a wad of newspaper in his pocket. -
Mathiew Joseph Bonaventure was from Spain and helped discover how to develop blood presence tests in a forensic context and is credited as one of the first people to use a microscope to assess blood and semen -
A British Chemist Developed a tool to accurately test for arsenic called the Kipp's Apparatus. -
The first presumptive test for blood was created by German scientist Christian Friedrich Schoenbein. He use hemoglobin to oxidize hydrogen peroxide, which causes it to foam. -
Developed a 10 point system for determining a perpetrators Modus Operandi (Method of Operation) used crime scenes to establish a pattern of behavior. He is from the UK. -
An Argentinian police officer pioneered the first use of fingerprint identification in a murder investigation. -
Discovered why when blood mixes it clumps. He also discovered people have different blood types and there are 4 different groups. He was born in Austria, but spent the majority of his life in america -
2 men, one by the name of Will West, and one by the name of William West, were booked into the Leavenworth Prison System. Both of them looked very similar and shared the same Bertillion Measurements. The prison decided that more accurate identification would need to be provided, and as the Bertillion measurement system fell, the use of fingerprint identification rose. -
Used fingerprinting to identify a known hotel thief. It was the first high profile finger printing cases in the U.S criminal justice system. He was from New York -
published his own statistical model of fingerprint individuality, he was from France. -
Phillip and his associate Calvin Goddard invented the comparison microscope which was composed of 2 compound light microscopes that sit side by side and allows the viewer to see both specimens at the same time. He's from Oregon -
He was the first police chief of Berkeley, California. He was a leading figure in criminal justice who established a criminal justice program at the University of California and also supported female officers -
First case to use forensic dentistry and odontology as evidence. -
Prolific figure in the field of forensics & traffic safety from Indiana. He's well known for inventing the breathalyzer. -
Invented the process in which DNA was analyzed. He was from The UK. -
CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) is the FBI's program of support for criminal justice databases as well as the software use to run these databases. -
A court case which ruled that expert witnesses must provide scientifically valid reasoning that applies to the facts of the case for their testimony to be admissible in court. -
IAFIS (Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System) is a tool capable of scrutinizing vast databases and providing potential fingerprint matches in a matter of minutes.
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