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Forensic Timeline

-Sienna & Zuzanna

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1780s-1940s

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

1784

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.

John Toms' Conviction

http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf

1809-1810

Vidocq-French Le Surete

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

1854

Maddox, created dry plate photography, making photograpging inmates for police records possible.

Prison Inmates Photographed

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/forensic-science-1850-1900

1879

Hair Identification

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/

1887

Sherlock Holmes was created by Conan Doyle. He is an innovator of forensic methods, using them years before police forces in Britain and America.

Sherlock Holmes

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sherlock-Holmes-Pioneer-in-Forensic-Science-1976713

1902

Professor R.A Reiss set up the first academic curicula for forensic science in Switzerland.

First Forensic Academic Program

http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf

1910

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.

ABO Blood Groups

https://www.britannica.com/science/blood-group

1920s

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.

J. Edgar Hoover

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/justice-system/j-edgar-hoover/

1921

Also known as the lie detector. This was invented by John Larson and is considered one of the greatest inventions of all time.

First Polygraph Use

https://argo-a.com.ua/eng/history.php

1930

Each persons has unique characteristics and remain unchanged after death. This allows identifiction if the victim.

Fingerprint Identification of Corpses

http://swplive.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress-uploads/17-HN-History-of-Fingerprinting.pdf

1932

FBI National Crime Lab

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

1941

Murray Hill from Bell labs created the voiceprint identification which could identify a person based on their voice.

Murray Hill & Voice Print

http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf

Chemical Test for Ink Identification

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.

1810

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.

1916

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.

1862

http://plaza.ufl.edu/jhefner/forensic_Timeline.pdf

CODIS is the acronym for the Combined DNA Index System

This is the FBI’s program of support for criminal justice DNA databases as well as the software used to run these databases.

CODIS

https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory/biometric-analysis/codis/codis-and-ndis-fact-sheet

In 1813 Mathieu Orfila developed tests for the presence of blood, and used a microscope to investigate blood and bodily fluids.

https://alibi.uktv.co.uk/article/history-forensics/#:~:text=Modern%20toxicology%20began%20in%201813,used%20immediately%20in%20criminal%20investigations.

The first police crime laboratory was established in 1910 in Lyon, France, by Edmond Locard.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/crime-scene-investigation

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