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1800-1821 History of crime
Methods used during Dostoyevsky's time were Thumb Prints
A lie detector
they would focus on fingerprints and any poisons
Ballistic testing to match the caliber of bullet used
and lastly forensic science -
1850 Microscopic hemin crystals
Hemin is an iron-containing porphyrin with chlorine that can be discovered that blood pigments can form microscopic crystals that was another technique that was used during Dostoyevsky's time. -
1853 The Heme
The Heme is a technique that was used during Dostoyevsky's time that gives myoglobin and hemoglobin the ability to bind oxygen because of the presence of an iron atom. -
1856 The Arsenic test
Arsenic can combine with other elements to form inorganic and organic arsenicals. In general, inorganic derivatives are regarded as more toxic than the organic forms. -
1877 The telegraph
The telegraph was a device used to measure frequencies and heart rate and a bunch of other things it measure to tell if you are being truthful with answering a question or to see if you are telling the truth about something. -
Eduardo Alvarez made the first criminal fingerprint identification.
He was able to identify Francisca Rojas, a woman who murdered her two sons and cut her own throat in an attempt to place blame on another. -
1983-1986 DNA evidence was created
Dr. Alec Jeffrey developed DNA evidence -
DNA began to be used in 1987
The first person to be convicted by DNA evidence was a rapist