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Woman burns house down to kill husband, was caught for it by examining the effects of fire on a dead body vs. an alive body
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Swedish chemist, devised the test for detecting arsenic in corpses.
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Father of Forensic toxicology, published articles on the detection of poisons and effects.
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Los Angeles PD opened the first Crime Lab in the US under August Vollmer.
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developed Polarizing Microscope
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testified to the detection of arsenic in a corpse marking the first use of toxicological evidence in a criminal trial.
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the development of photographs allowed for more accurate records and documentation
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a French anthropologist, introduced the Bertillon System, also called Bertillonage. It was a system of identifying people by their physical appearance. Various measurements were taken and recorded from various parts of the body.
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used a bloody fingerprint to solve the murder of two boys in Argentina. His system is known as comparative dactyloscopy.
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the first book of criminal investigation using forensic science, Criminal Investigation, was published by Hans Gross from Austria.
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created the Henry Classification System for examining fingerprints which became the primary identification system used throughout most of the world.
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published “The Missile and the Weapon” in the Buffalo Medical Journal describing how ammunition could be linked to the gun it was fired from by examining markings on the projectile or shell casing.
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discovered blood types.
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incarcerated two individuals, both by the name of Will West. They both had identical facial features and body measurements, by the Bertillon System. This led to the end of Anthropometry and helped the rise of fingerprinting
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first school of forensic science founded in switzerland
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published by Albert Osborn.
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opened in Lyon, France by Edmond Locard who was also referred to as the “Sherlock Holmes of France”. He was best known for developing the Exchange Principle.
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did a study on hair and how it can be used to identify people. This was used in a case quickly after
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University of California at Berkeley Criminalistics Department was opened and led by Dr. Paul Kirk.
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constructed dioramas called the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death to teach future investigators how to fully examine a crime scene.
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developed by Alec jeffreys
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announced that its almost always reliable