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Systematic use of fingerprints
Henry P. DeFORREST pioneers were the first systematic use of fingerfrints in the United States.
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Georg POPP
Georg POPP uses feologic evidence in a criminal case for the first time. -
Albert S. Osborne
Albert S. Osborne, an american and arguably the most influential document examiner, publishes Questioned Documents. -
Edmond Locard
Edmond locard demonstrates the value of poroscopy in the criminal trail of Boudet and Simonin.
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Albert Schneider
Albert Schneider of Berkeley, California first uses a vacuum apparatus to collect trace evidence. -
Charles E. Waite
Charles E. Waite is the first to catalog manufacturing data about weapons. -
John Larson and Leonard Keeler
John Larson and Leonard Keeler designed their portable polygraph.
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Schuller
Schuller suggests that frontal sinuses can be used for identification. -
August Vollmer
August Vollmer as cheif of police in Los Angeles, California, implements the first U.S. police crime laboratory.
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Landsteiner and Levine
Landsteiner and Levine first detect the M, N, and P blood factors leading to development of the MNSs and P typing systems. -
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) crime laboratory is created.
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Franz Josef Holzer
Franz Josef Holzer publishes the first paper addressing the usefulness of secretor status for forensic applications. -
M. Polonovski and M. Jayle
M. Polonovski and M. Jayle were first to identify haptoglobin. -
Landsteiner and A.S. Wiener
Landsteiner and A.S. Wiener were first to describe Rh blood groups.
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Mourant
Mourant first describes the Lewis blood group system. -
James Watson and Francis Crick
James Watson and Francis Crick publish landmark paper indentifying the structure of DNA.
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De Saram
De Saram further publishes important papers on time since death. -
A. S. Weiner
A. S. Weiner and colleagues introduce the use of H-lectin to determine positively O blood type. -
Hungary
Hungary becomes the first country in Europe to carry out research in the subject of lip prints. -
Hopkinson
Hopkinson and colleagues first identify the polymorphic nature of esterase D (ESD).
