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First Forensic books
The first ever known record for medical knowledge -
Reporting cases
First pathology reports published -
Physical Evidence used in crime
First recorded instance of physical matching of evidence leading to a murder -
Investigation Poisoning
German chemist developed a method of detecting a victim's stomach -
More physical evidence discovered
Clothing and shoes are now had to be searched to find more evidence to solve a crime -
Chemist testing utilized
Use of chemical processes to determine poison in the the victim's blood cells -
First use of photos to identify
San Francisco used photography for criminal identification and were the first city to use the method -
Fingerprints found to be unique
Francis Galton was the first scientist to identify different types of fingerprints: Plain loop, tented arch, simple loop, central pocket loop, double loop, lateral pocket loop,etc -
Fingerprints first used
Juan Vucetich began the first fingerprint files based on Galton pattern types -
Investigations into Blood Markers
Human blood grouping, ABO, discovered and adapted for use of blood stains -
First fingerprint prisoner ID used
NY state prison planned to use fingerprint identification -
Learning about Forensics
The first school of forensic science founded by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss -
Hair used in forensics
Victor Balthazard & Marcelle Lambert published first study of hair from animals. Legal to use this method -
Crime lab built
First police crime lab established in Los Angeles -
Lie detection
Prototype polygraph was invented by John Larson in 1921, developed for use in police stations -
First National Crime System
FBI established the National Crime Information Center, a computerized national filing on wanted people, stolen vehicles, weapons -
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Advanced Manual Fingerprints
FBI established a computerized fingerprint reader -
Footwear Detection System
Online footwear coding developed. Helps police to identify footwear marks -
Facial Sketches
Michigan State University develops a software that automatically matches hand drawn sketches an stored into the database