Context and history Flashcards
Who popularised scientific crime-detection methods through Sherlock Holmes?
Sir Anthony Conan Doyle
What year were the ridges, loops and spirals in fingerprints first noted?
1686
Who was the professor who first noted the ridges, loops and spirals in fingerprints?
Anatomy Marcello Malphigi
What year was bullet comparison first used?
1835
Who was the first to use bullet comparison?
Henry Goddard
Who was the founder of forensic toxicology?
Mathieu Orfila
What year was Mathieu Orfila born?
1787-1853
Who was the founder of criminal identification?
Alphonse Bertillon
Who was the founder of fingerprinting?
Francis Galton
When was Alphonse Bertillon born?
1853-1914
When was Francis Galton born?
1822-1911
Who was the founder of blood grouping?
Leon Lattes
When was Leon Lattes born?
1887-1954
What did Hans Gross do?
Wrote the first book describing the application of scientific disciplines to the field of criminal investigation
What was Edmond Locards principle?
Locard’s exchange principle: Every contact leaves a trace
What year was the first toxicology case?
1840 - proof of arsenic poisoning
What did Sir Edward Henry produce?
Fingerprint classification system
When was the fingerprint classification system produced?
1901
When was ABO blood typing produced?
1902
Who produced ABO blood typing?
Karl Landsteiner
What year was Edmond Locard’s principle produced?
1910
What year was the first DNA court case?
1988
What year was the Lyons institution produced?
1910
What year was the Dresden institution produced?
1915
What year was the Vienna institution produced?
1923
What year was the Holland, Finland and Sweden institution produced?
1925
What year was the FBI produced?
1932
What year was the Metrapolitan police lab produced?
1935
What year did the Forensic science service become an executive agency of the home office?
1991
What year did the forensic science service close?
March 2012
