Historic men in Forensics

Question 1

Any object that can establish that a crime scene has or has not been committed or can link a crime and its victims or perpetrator

Answer 1

Physical evidence

Question 2

1798, First treatise on forensic science

Answer 2

Francois -émanuel Fodéré

Question 3

1775, first successful test for detecting the poison arsenic in corpses

Answer 3

Carl-Wilhelm

Question 4

1806, discovered a more precise method to detect small amounts of arsenic in the walls of a victims stomach

Answer 4

Valentin Ross

Question 5

1814, published first scientific treatise on detection of poisons and their effects on animals, which establish animal toxicology.

Answer 5

Mathieu Orfilla

Question 6

1st definitive study of fingerprints and developed a method of classifying them for filing.

Answer 6

Francis Henry Galton

Question 7

Blood can be grouped into different categories recognized as blood types.

Answer 7

Dr. Karl Landsteiner

Question 8

Demonstrated how principals enunciated by Gross could be used in lab.

Answer 8

Edmond Locard

Question 9

1st DNA profiling test in 1984

Answer 9

Alec Jeffereys