1. Intro & Forensic Science History Notebook:
January 20, 2016
EQ: How important is the history of forensic science in building the foundation to helping law enforcement solve crimes?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intro & Forensic Science History Notebook:
C.I.T.E. Learning Styles
Bikini Bottom Lab Safety
Lab Safety Rap
Lab Safety Fill-In-The-Blank
*Lab Safety Project Rubric
*“Deadly Picnic” Activity
*“That’s My Story & I’m Sticking To It”
Forensic Science History Time Line

4. What is Forensic Science?
The application of science to the criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system

5. *Third century China-earliest records of applying forensics to solve criminal cases
*Manuscript -Yi Yu Ji (“A Collection of Criminal Cases”)
*Chinese were first to recognize fingerprints for identification

6. Marcello Malpighi *Professor of Anatomy in Italy
*1686-First recorded notes about fingerprint characteristics
*Didn’t acknowledge fingerprints as a means of identification

7. Carl Wilhelm Scheele *Swedish Chemist
*In 1775 he devised the first successful test for detecting arsenic in corpses

8. Francois-Emanuel Fodéré
*French Physician
*In 1798 wrote “A Treatise on Forensic Medicine and Public Health”
*First treatise on forensic science
*Had a greater understanding of workings of the body

9. Valentin Ross *German Chemist
*In 1806 discovered a more precise method for detecting small amounts of arsenic in walls of victims stomach

10. SELF-CHECK
QUESTION

11. Who was the first individual to make the first test to detect arsenic in dead people?
Carl W. Scheele

12. Mathieu Orfila *Spaniard *Father of Forensic Toxicology
*In 1814 he published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals

13. Alphonse Bertillon Father of Criminal Identification
*Applied Anthropology and Morphology to the first system of personal identification in 1879
*Known as Anthropometry
*Involved taking a series of body measurements to tell one person from another
*Replaced by finger-printing in early 1900’s
Father of Criminal
Identification

15. William Nichol
Henri-Louis Bayard
First Test for Hemoglobin
First test for blood
Toxicological evidence first used in trial
James Marsh
New Science of Photography
-Invented polarizing microscope
-First procedures for microscopic detection of sperm
-1853
-1863
-1839
-Scottish Chemist that testified on detection of arsenic in a victim
- 1850’s & 60’s recorded images of prisoners and crime scenes

16. Thomas Taylor Henry Faulds *US microscopist
*1877-Suggested that fingerprints could be used as a means of ID
Henry Faulds
*3 yrs later Scottish Physician published a paper that supported Taylor’s findings

17. Francis Henry Galton *Englishman
*First clear study of fingerprints and developed a method of classifying them for filing
*Published a book in 1892 called “Finger Prints”
*His work is the basis for the finger printing system used now

18. Who created the first system of personal identification?
Alphonse Bertillon

19. Hans Gross *Public Prosecutor & Judge in Austria
*1893-Wrote the first treatise describing the application of scientific fields to criminal investigations
*Spent many years studying and developing principles of criminal investigation
*Wrote the book “Criminal Investigation” & a forensic journal, that is still used today

20. *Applied principles of serology, fingerprinting, firearms ID, and questioned document examination
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle author, creator of legendary detective Sherlock Holmes ( )
novels starring Holmes & Watson

21. Dr. Karl Landsteiner Dr. Leone Lattes
*In 1901 discovered that blood can be grouped into catergories: A, B, AB, & O
*Professor of Forensic Medicine in Italy
* In 1915, he created a procedure to determine the blood group of dried blood, which he used in criminal investigations
Dr. Leone Lattes

22. Albert S. Osborn
*In 1910 wrote the first significant text in the field called “Questioned Documents”
*Responsible for the acceptance of documents as scientific evidence in courts

23. Who is the Father of Forensic Toxicology?
Mathieu Orfila

24. Edmond Locard *Educated in Medicine & Law
*First to demonstrate how what Gross stated, could be incorporated within a workable crime lab
*In 1910 he got the Lyons Police Dept to let him use two attic rooms and assistants to start a police lab
*Created “Locard’s Exchange Principle” –cross transfer occurs when two materials come into contact with each other

25. Army Colonel Calvin Goddard
*Refined techniques of firearms examination using the comparison microscope
*20th Century-Technique allows investigators to determine whether a gun has fired a bullet by comparing the bullet with one that has been test-fired from the suspect’s weapon

26. Sir Alec Jeffreys
Responsible for the most significant modern advance in forensic science.
Developed the first DNA profiling test in Two years it was applied to solve a crime and establish someone’s innocence.