HOSA Forensic Science People

Paul Ekman

Found out that humans can create 10000 facial micro expressions and 3000 to emotion and non verbal communication.

Elizabeth Loftus

Misinformation —> False Memories.

Scott Fraser

Fallibility of Memory Reconstruction.

Pamela Myer

How to Detect Lying.

Erasistratus

Noticed Pulse Rate of Patients increased when they lied.

Sung Tzu

Wrote the book 'Washing Away the Wrong' — First book to use medical knowledge to investigate death.

Mathieu Orfila

Father of Toxicology — Applies Marsh Test to detect arsenic.

Alphonse Bertillon

Invents Anthropometry (Recorded Measurements of human body to find criminals).

Sir Francis Galton

Classifies fingerprints into 8 categories based on patterns.

Edmond Locard

Established Locard Principle and 1st police crime lab.

Luke Way

Created Article called 'Identification of Knives, Tools, and Instruments.'

Walter Specht

Created Luminol— glows blue when contacting blood.

Max Frei-Sulzer

First one to use tape to lift trace evidence.

Sir Alec Jeffreys

Develops DNA Fingerprinting.

Calvin Goddard

Established Study of Firearms evidence in US and variety of police labs, also invented the comparison scope.

Hans Gross

Published the first forensic science textbook, Criminal Intern Investigations in 1893.

Victor Bathazard

Advanced fingerprint, firearm and hair analysis.

Juan Vucitech

Began the first fingerprint files in 1891.

Gilbert Thomas

Used Fingerprints officially in US for the First time in 1882.

William Hershel

First to use fingerprinting as a method of identification.

Dr Thomas

Came up with a classification based on fingerprints in 1880.

Karl Landsteiner

Discovered ABO Blood Typing and Received Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in 1930.

Henry Classification System

Classification for fingerprinting in all European Countries.

The Odds for two fingerprints being same

1 in 64 billion.

Adversarial System

System in which lawyers work.

Finder of Fact

Judge or Jury who determines 'right' in a case.

Voir Dire

Qualifications of a scientist given in a court of law.

Subpoena

Statement requiring someone to appear in court and when/where the trial is held.

Alfred Lucas

Archaeologist and Chemist who authored the first known forensic chemistry textbook in 1912. Best known for working with Howard Carter on tomb of Tutankhamen.