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Scheele develops test for arsenic poison in corpses.
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Valentin Ross developed a method of detecting arsenic in a victim, advancing the investigation of poison deaths.
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Orfila published on detection of poisons. Became known as “father of forensic toxicology”
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James Marsh used chemical processes to determine arsenic as the cause of death in a murder trial.
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San Francisco used photography for criminal identification. It's the first to do it in the US.
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Bertillon developed system of anthropometry.
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. “A Study in Scarlet” a Sherlock Holmes novel was published which raised interest in forensics
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Galton published a book “Finger Prints”
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Landsteiner discovered blood could be grouped into types
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NY state prison system implemented fingerprint identification.
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First forensic school of science was founded by Archibald Reiss in Switzerland.
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Locard began a rudimentary police laboratory which led to forming the Institute of Criminalistics
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Vollmer created the oldest forensic lab in the U.S.
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Osborn published “Questioned Documents”
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FBI organized a forensics lab under directorship of President J. Edgar Hoover
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FBI established the National Crime Information Center
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First fingerprint reader installed at the FBI.
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FBI Forensic Science Research and Training Center opened
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Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling test.
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Technology speeds up DNA profiling time, from 6-8 weeks to between 1-2 days.
