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John Toms Conviction
In Lancaster England, John Toms was convicted of a murder by the first use of physical matching. He was convicted based on the turn edge of a wad of newspaper in a pistol matching a piece in his pocket. -
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History of Forensic Science
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Question Document Analysis
The first recorded use of question document analysis occured in Germany. A chemical test for a particular ink dye was put on a document known as Konigin Hanschritt. -
Polarized Microscope
The Polarized light micrscope was invented in 1828 by William Nichol. A polarized light microscope improves the quality of the image obtained with birefringent materials when compared to other techniques. -
Bullet Flaws
Henry Goddard was the first man to examine the flaws on a bullet and then match it to a mold to catch a murderer. -
Microscopic detection of Sperm
H. Bayard did the first reliable procedures for the microscopic detection of sperm. He also noted the different microscopic characteristics of different substrate fabrics. -
Microscopic Bullet Test
Ludwig Teichmann, in Kracow Poland, developed the first micrscopic crystal test for homoglobin using hemin crystals. -
Blood Test
The first known blood test was done by a German scientist named Shinbein who realized that hemoglobin was able to oxidize hydrogen peroxide into foam. -
Francis Henry Galton
Francis Henry Galton determined that fingerprints are unchangeable throughout life, and that everyones fingerprints are different. -
Human blood Groups
The first discovery of human blood groups was made by Karl Landsteiner. -
FBI
President Roosevelt started the FBI. -
First Crime Lab
Edmond Locard started the first crime labratory in Lyons, France. This Crime lab was one of the first in Europe and the entire world. The US did not have its first crime lab til 1928. -
12 Matching Points
12 matching points as being a succesful fingerprint identification was first talked about by Edmond Locard. -
Charles E. Waite
Charles E. Waite was the first man to catalog data about different types of weapons. -
Polygraph
The first portable polygraph was designed by John Larson and Leonard Keeler. -
Criminalistics
Paul Kirk published the first comprehensive book on criminalistics.
