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The Development of CSI Sciences

By Hopefeifei
  • 700 BCE

    Chinese start fingerprinting

    Chinese start fingerprinting
    The Chinese start fingerprinting for the first time by using clay, even though they had no way of classifying them.
  • 250 BCE

    First Lie Detector Test

    First Lie Detector Test
    A physician in Greece creates the first lie detector test, he would record if their heartbeat elevated which showed him they were lying.
  • 44 BCE

    First Autopsy

    First Autopsy
    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.
  • 1248

    First Forensic Science Book

    First Forensic Science Book
    The Chinese start recording the medical knowledge they learn to help them determine the cause of death. Such strangulation being recognized over drowning. A book created by Hsi DuanYu, published by the Chinese. This book was the first recorded application of medical knowledge to the solution of crime.

  • Investigating poisoning

    German chemist Valentin Ross developed a method of detecting arsenic in a victim's stomach, thus advancing the investigation of poison deaths.

  • Ballistic Testing

    By the mid-1800s investigators started using bullet comparison to solve shooting murders.

  • Photo Identification

    Investigators started using photo identification

  • Fingerprint ID

    Fingerprint ID
    Juan Vucetich and a Argentinean police officer, was the first to use fingerprint ID. They created the system which they later termed dactyloscopy.

  • Investigations into blood markers

    Human blood grouping, ABO, discovered by Karl Landsteiner and adapted for use on bloodstains by Dieter Max Richter.

  • polygraph

    polygraph
    Prototype polygraph, which was invented by John Larson in 1921, developed for use in police stations.

  • Gunshot Residue

    Police were now able to tell where guns were fired and even who fired them if there was leftover residue on their clothing or hands

  • DNA Profiling

    DNA Profiling
    Police now can use hair, blood, or any other form of DNA to tell who was at the crime scene.

  • Footwear detection system

    Footwear detection system
    Britain's Forensic Science Service develops online footwear coding and detection system. This helps police to identify footwear marks quickly.

  • Facial sketches matched to photos

    Facial sketches matched to photos
    Michigan state university develops software that automatically matches hand-drawn facial sketches to mug shots stored in databases.