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Scheele develops test for arsenic poison in corpses
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German chemist Valentin Ross developed a method of detecting arsenic in a victim's stomach, thus advancing the investigation of poison deaths.
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Orfila published on detection of poisons. Became known as “father of forensic toxicology”
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James Marsh, an English chemist, uses chemical processes to determine arsenic as the cause of death in a murder trial.
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San Francisco uses photography for criminal identification, the first city in the US to do so.
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Bertillon developed system of anthropometry
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“A Study in Scarlet” a Sherlock Holmes novel was published which raised interest inforensics
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Galton published a book “Finger Prints”
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Landsteiner discovered blood could be grouped into types
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NY state prison system implemented fingerprint identification.
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First school of forensic science founded by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss, in Switzerland
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Locard began a rudimentary police laboratory which led to forming the Institute of Criminalistics
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Vollmer created the oldest forensic lab in the U.S.
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Prototype polygraph, which was invented by John Larson in 1921, developed for use in police stations
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FBI organized a forensics lab under directorship of President J. Edgar Hoover
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FBI established the National Crime Information Center
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First fingerprint reader installed at the FBI
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police implement first automatic fingerprint identification system.
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FBI’s Forensic Science Research and Training Center opened
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Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling test
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Tommy Lee Andrews convicted of a series of sexual assaults, using DNA profiling.
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Technology speeds up DNA profiling time, from 6-8 weeks to between 1-2 days.
