Forensic

Forensic Science Timeline

By hblbro
  • Photos are used as identification for the first time

  • Fingerprints are beginning to be used in crime cases

  • First forensic science school is opened

  • Hair is beginning to be used in crime cases

  • Guns are discovered to be unique from the markings in the barrel

  • Lie detector test was created

  • Voice recordings began to be used in criminal cases

  • National crime information center created

  • National academy of sciences certifies DNA

  • Japanese create a dental x-ray system that can match dental x-rays to people in less than four seconds