intro to forensics

Francis Galton

1892 developed a method for classifying fingerprints and was Charles Darwins cousin.

Zacharias Jansen

1590 Invented the microscope and made great advancements for biology, In 1880 the microscope was used for Forensics bullets, fingerprints, hairs.

Stare Decisis

decisions from higher courts are generally binding to lower courts.

Edmund Locard

1910 established the first police crime laboratory in France, developed a method for analyzing crime scenes in search for minuet evidence, examples are hair, fiber, and paint "Every fiber leaves a trace.

Dr Leon Lattes

1915 developed the first antibody test for ABO blood groups from a dried blood stain.

Mathieu Orfila

1814 Professor in Medicine, the Father of Toxicology and wrote a book that classified poisons used by criminals.

Karl Landsteiner

1900 identified the different blood types (A, B, AB, O) and Rh Factor (+-) and was used for blood transfusions.

Calvin Goddard

(1891- 1955) utilized the comparison microscope to analyze bullets.

Johann Schultz

1724 invents the principles of photography, the first photograph was made in 1826.

Alphonse Bertillon

1879 beginning of anthropology, measured body parts along with photos of personal identification.

CSI Effect

has been coined to describe the observation that juries now deemed and require forensic evidence in criminal trials.

J Edgar Hoover

1932 formed the FBI laboratory.

Thomas Byrnes

1886 NYC Detective that collected mugshots and used for the general public.

Locards Exchange Principle

when two objects come into contact, some information is transferred between the two.

Sir Author Conan Doyle

Late 1880s was the Author of Sherlock Homes and popularized Crime detection methods.

Principle of Individuality

the idea that even though two objects may be indistinguishable, they can never be exactly identical.

Melendez Dias Case

allows defendants to require analysts to show up at trial when presenting scientific analysis.

Precedent

a legal principle or rule that comes from a court decision that can be used as a point of reference for deciding other cases.

Calvin Goddard

(1891 - 1955) utilized the comparison microscope to analyze bullets

August Vollmer

(1876 - 1955) set up the oldest forensic lab in the US with the Los Angeles Police Department in the mid 1920s