History of Crime Scene Investigation

By eduardo13112
  • 44 BCE

    Death of an emperor

    Julius Caesar is assassinated. Following this event, a physician performed an autopsy, and determined that of the 23 wounds found on the body, only one was fatal.
  • 600

    Use of fingerprints for the first time (600s)

    Fingerprints first used to determine identity. Arabic merchants would take a debtor's fingerprint and attach it to the bill.

  • Fingerprints found to be unique

    "Henry Faulds and William James Herschel publish a paper describing the uniqueness of fingerprints".

  • Fingerprint ID used in crime

    Argentinean police officer, is the first to use fingerprints as evidence in a murder investigation.

  • First fingerprint prisoner ID used

    NY state prison system implemented fingerprint identification.

  • DNA technique for unique ID

    DNA fingerprinting techniques developed by Sir Alec Jeffreys.