Csi

CSI History

By TySchlote78
  • 700 BCE

    Chinese start finger printing

    Chinese start finger printing
    The Chinese start finger printing for the first time by using clay, even though they had no way of classifying them.
  • Period: 700 BCE to 47 BCE

    Early CSI years

  • 250 BCE

    The First Lie Detector Test

    The First Lie Detector Test
    A physician in Greece creates the first lie detector test, he would record if their heartbeat elevated which showed him they were lying.
  • 44 BCE

    The First Autopsy

    The First Autopsy
    The Romans become the first to do an autopsy, which they did on Julius Caesar's body and determined that out of the 23 stab wounds he received only one was fatal.
  • Dec 24, 1100

    Bloodly palms at murder scene determined to be used ti frame people

    Bloodly palms at murder scene determined to be used ti frame people
    Roman authorities determined that bloody palm prints at murder scenes usually mean that whoever did the crime was trying to frame someone else.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1100 to Dec 25, 1200

    1100s through 1200s

  • Dec 24, 1278

    Documentation of medical knowledge

    Documentation of medical knowledge
    The Chinese start recording the medical knowledge they learn to help them determine cause of death. Such strangulation being recognized over drowning.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1300 to

    1300s through mid-1800s

  • Chemical Recognition

    Chemical Recognition
    Over the next 500 years the main thing to be developed is recognizing poisons. Which really developed CSI, and it was first really used in 1813.

  • Bullet Comparison

    Bullet Comparison
    By the mid-1800s investigators started using bullet comparison to solve shooting murders.
  • Period: to

    Late 1800s through early 1900s

  • Portable Polygraph Machine

    Portable Polygraph Machine
    This was able to be used anywhere not just at the station which really helped advance solving crimes.

  • Gunshot Residue

    Gunshot Residue
    Police were now able to tell where guns were fired and even who fired them if there was leftover residue on their clothing or hands.
  • Period: to

    Modern CSI

  • DNA is recorded over time

    DNA is recorded over time
    DNA is accumulated over long periods of time in hope of one day being able to use it.

  • DNA Profiling

    DNA Profiling
    Police now can use hair, blood, or any other forms of DNA to really tell who was at the crime scene but only if the person is in their data base but this is what sets up CSI that we know today.