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1932 FBI National Crime Lab
1920s J. Edgar Hoover
1810 Vidocq
1809 French Le Surete
1887 Sherlock Holmes
1784 John Toms’ Conviction by document exam
1854 Prison Inmates Photographed
1879 Hair Identification
1910 ABO Blood Groups
1902 First Forensic Academic Program
1921 First use of a Polygraph
1930 Fingerprint identification of Corpses
1941 Murray Hill & Voice Print
The conviction of John Tom was one of the first documented uses of physical matching.
The physical evidence was a torn piece of newspaper on the pistol matching the remaining part that he had with him.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf
Francois Vidocq had been in jail multiple times, he was released early for offering his services to the state. He created a new type of police force under Napoleon, the detectives.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Eugene-Vidocq
Maddox, created dry plate photography, making photograpging inmates for police records possible.
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/forensic-science-1850-1900
Rudolf Virchow was the first to use hair analysis in a criminal investigation and discovered its limitations.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665122/
Sherlock Holmes was created by Conan Doyle. He is an innovator of forensic methods, using them years before police forces in Britain and America.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherlock-Holmes-Pioneer-in-Forensic-Science-1976713
Professor R.A Reiss set up the first academic curicula for forensic science in Switzerland.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf
Karl Landenstiner recognized three blood groups based on their reactions to eachother, he later discovered more. This practice is very important because mistakes can result in death.
https://www.britannica.com/science/blood-group
J. Edgar Hoover was put in charge of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924. quickly he set up standards and practices, organizing and restructuring. He created different methods to investigate crimes using forensics. He also established the first FBI lab.
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/justice-system/j-edgar-hoover/
Also known as the lie detector. This was invented by John Larson and is considered one of the greatest inventions of all time.
https://argo-a.com.ua/eng/history.php
Each persons has unique characteristics and remain unchanged after death. This allows identifiction if the victim.
http://swplive.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress-uploads/17-HN-History-of-Fingerprinting.pdf
The FBI National Crime Lab is one of the most thorough crime labs in the world. They are dedicated to solving and preventing crimes.
https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory
Murray Hill from Bell labs created the voiceprint identification which could identify a person based on their voice.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf
First recorded use of question document analysis in Germany. A chemical test for a particular ink dye was applied to a document know as Konigin Hanschritt.
https://www.sutori.com/story/flashback-in-history-of-forensic-science--KYXhN88yvdVSaFzzzaVKDZMa
Albert Schneider of Berkeley, California first used a vacuum apparatus to collect trace evidence.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf
The Dutch scientist J. (Izaak) Van Deen developed a presumptive test for blood using guaiac, a West Indian shrub.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf
This is the FBI’s program of support for criminal justice DNA databases as well as the software used to run these databases.
https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory/biometric-analysis/codis/codis-and-ndis-fact-sheet
https://alibi.uktv.co.uk/article/history-forensics/#:~:text=Modern%20toxicology%20began%20in%201813,used%20immediately%20in%20criminal%20investigations.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/crime-scene-investigation