Forensics science

By link0graet

  • 1858

    1858
    Sir William Herschel requires signatures and fingerprints on civil contracts

  • 1891

    1891
    Juan Vucetich initiated the fingerprinting of criminals

  • 1892

    1892
    Sir Francis Galton publishes the first book on fingerprints

  • 1901

    1901
    Sir Edward Henry develops the first system for classifying fingerprints

  • 1905

    1905
    U.S. military adopts the use of fingerprints. Soon after police agencies start to use fingerprints

  • 1908

    1908
    The first official fingerprint card was developed

  • 1911

    1911
    Fingerprints are accepted by U.S. courts as a reliable means of identification

  • 1911

    1911
    The Illinois State Supreme Court upheld the admissibility of fingerprint evidence concluding that fingerprints are a reliable form of identification

  • 1917

    1917
    First palm print identification is made in Nevada

  • 1924

    1924
    Formation of ID Division of FBI

  • 1980

    1980
    First computer data base of fingerprints was developed, which came to be know as the Automated Fingerprint Identification System