ELO 1 Flashcards
Forensic Science
The use of science in the field of law
Algor Mortis
The cooling of the body
Livor Mortis
The pooling of blood in the body
Rigor Mortis
The stiffening of muscles in the body
Kastle Meyer Test
A mixture of 2 substances that tests for blood
If you swab it and it turns pink then its blood
Forensic science encompasses
-Chemistry
-Biology
-Physics
-Pathology
-Toxicology
-Odontology
-Anthropology
-Engineering
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Created Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Not real
Brought attention and popularity to forensic sciences
Popularized the scientific method
First book he appeared in was A study in Scarlet (1887)
CSI effect
The belief that actual forensic investigations occur very quickly and that the scientists play a large encompassing role, however this is not the case
Initial scientific Advances:
Early 1800s
Forensic toxicology advanced the detection of poisons/toxins
Initial scientific Advances:
1828
The first polarized microscope was developed
Initial Scientific Advances:
1863
First test for blood occurred
Initial Scientific Advances:
1850s-1860s
Photography as a tool in forensics skyrocketed
1879
Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Bertillon
He developed the theory of Anthropometry
He used various measurements to identify people by physical appearance
“Father of criminal identification”
Anthropometry
The measurement of humans
Francis Henry Galton
Developed a classification system for fingerprints
Wrote and published the first study of fingerprints
1892
Francis Henry Galton
1910/1920
Edmond Locard
Edmond Locard (1910-1920s)
Opened the very first crime laboratory in France
The Locard Exchange principle was named after him
Locards Exchange Principle
Everytime you make contact with a person, place, or thing, it results in an exchange of physical materials
1910
Albert Osborn
Albert Osborn
Authored document examination
Forged document analysis
1915
Leon Lattes
