The History of Crime Scene Investigation

  • 700 BCE

    Forensic Science Evolving

    Forensic Science Evolving
    In 700 B.C. the Chinese started to record thumbprints on clay design. In 250 B.C. a Greek doctor made the primary lie detector test. He begun noticing his patients pulse rate and made the association of the heart beating quicker when they were lying, hence started the lie detector test.
  • The First Microscope was Invented

    The First Microscope was Invented
    The first microscope to be created was the optical microscope, although the initial innovator isn't simple to distinguish. An early microscope was made in 1590 in Middelburg, Netherlands
  • Advancements in CSI

    Advancements in CSI
    Overtime progressions in crime scene investigation centered on the viewpoints of fingerprint detail and chemical components like poisons. Within the mid-1800s, examiners at Scotland Yard started to compare bullets.
  • Forensic Photography

    Forensic Photography
    Odelbrecht first commends the use of photography for the recognizable proof of criminals and the documentation of crime scenes and evidence.
  • Jack the Ripper

    Jack the Ripper
    The utilize of crime scene pictures was completely explored in 1888, during the rule of England's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, in an endeavor to distinguish clues and criminal profiling of the heartless killer. Due to the Ripper's savage modus operandi, Scotland Yard is the primary to have attempted criminal profiling.
  • Bite Marks

    Bite Marks
    The first time a man was sentenced based on bite marks evidence was in 1954 when a dental specialist affirmed a bite mark in a chunk of cheese cleared out behind in a basic supply store that had been ransacked matched the teeth of a intoxicated man found with 13 stolen silver dollars.
  • DNA Profiling

    DNA Profiling
    Within the spring of 1985, Teacher Jeffreys and his colleagues distributed their to begin with article on DNA fingerprinting and saw the utility of it within the forensic sciences and in paternity recognizable proof
  • Footwear coding and detection management system

    Footwear coding and detection management system
    The Forensic Science Service dispatches the UK’s first online footwear coding and discovery administration system, Footwear Intelligence Technology.