History of Forensics

Karl Landsteiner

Jan 6, 1901

pictureKarl Landsteiner first discovers human blood. Max Richter discovers there are different types to blood.

Prisons

Jan 6, 1903

pictureNew York State Prison started fingerprinting inmates for criminal identification records.

Wrong Criminal

Nov 24, 1903

pictureIn Kansas a new inmate to a penitentiary is confused with a local convict. Later, the truth was revealed due to fingerprints.

Theodore Roosevelt

Jan 6, 1905

pictureTheodore Roosevelt makels Federal Bereau of Investigation.

Police

Jan 6, 1910

pictureEdmond Locard makes the first police crime labratory in France.

Documents

Jan 7, 1910

The United States' Albert Osborne was the best at examining documents.
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Edmond Locard

Jan 6, 1912

pictureShows the importance of having information about one criminal from another in a court case.

Bullets

Jan 7, 1913

Victor Baltzhazard uses the first article on individualizing bullet markins.

Hyperbola Spectrograph

Jan 7, 1913

J.J. Thompson builds the first mass spectrometer.

Fingerprinting

Jan 7, 1918

Edmund Locard proves fingerprint identification is worthy of using.

Weapons Catalog

Jan 7, 1920

Charles E. Waite made a catalog all about weapons.

Frontal Sinuses

Jan 7, 1921

Schuller said front sinuses can be used for identification.

Crime Laboratory

Jan 7, 1932

pictureThe FBI's crime laboratory was created.

International Association for Criminal Identification

Jan 7, 1995

Was made to internationally know criminals. Organized in Oakland, California.

Documentation Of Murder Suspect

Jan 7, 2003

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Crime Labrotory

Jan 7, 2015

August Vollmaer, chief police in Los Angeles, makes the first U.S. crime laboratory.