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The First ever use of forensic sciences. When someone was stabbed, all of the knives in the village were collected flies were attracted to the traces of blood and only landed on one of the knifes, causing the suspect to confess.
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Considered the father of forensic toxicology. This is because he studied lots of poisons and the effects on animal bodies.
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used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in india.
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father of criminal identification. developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect.
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published his first Sherlock Holmes story, Considered the first CSI, featured in four novels and 56 short stories. popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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published Finger Prints. conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, gave proof of their uniqueness.
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wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principals to the field of criminal investigation.
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discovered the ABO blood groups, later received Nobel prize
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incorperated Gross' principals within a workable crime lab. became the founder of the institute of criminalistics at the university of Lyon France.
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood
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Established the First crime lab in the USA located in LA
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Developed a comparison microscope. first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
