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Fingerprint ID
Sir Edward Richard Henry forces the adoption of fingerprint identification to replace anthropometry. -
New York
The New York State Prison system begins using fingerprints for criminal identification. -
The FBI
Teddy Roosevelt establishes the FBI -
Police Labortory
Edmund Locard establishes the first police crime laboratory. -
Bullet Markings
Victor Balthazard publishes the first article on individualizing bullet markings. -
Weapon catalog
Charles E. Waite catalogs manufacturing data about weapons. -
Portable polygraph
John Larson and Leonard Keeler designed the portable polygraph. -
U.S crime laboratory
August Vollmer implements the first U.S. police crime laboratory. -
Landsteiner and Levine
Landsteiner and Levine develop the MNSs and P typing systems. -
FBI lab
The first FBI crime laboratory is created -
Haptoglobin
M. Polonovski and M. Jayle identify haptoglobin. -
Breathalyzer
the Breathalyzer is invented and used for field sobriety testing. -
gunshot Residue
Harrison and Gilroy develop a colorimetric chemical test to test for GSR -
Postmortem
A series of papers on determination of time since death from postmortem cooling are writen. -
Lip Prints
Hungary becomes the first country to carry out research on lip prints. -
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