L1: Historical overview of forensic science Flashcards
What was the forum in Rome ?
Meeting place where discussion on points of law took place
What was the earliest case ?
John toms - matching physical evidence
Newspaper wadding in gun matched news paper he had
What years were forensic labs formed ?
1910-1940
Who was orfila and what are some key points ?
Orfila - father of toxicology
He clasfied poisons in 1814
Arsenic extracted in 1840
Marshs test 1836
Further 1850+
Whats anthropometry and who came up with it ?
Measurement of the human body - bertillon,1879
Tell me about finger prints
Started -1880 Hershel - civil practice use Faulds- permanance use in investigation, exonerating innocent Galton - statisticsl uniqueness Henry - classificstion Bertillon - indentification 1902 Balthazard - indexing (1911)
Who researched blood groups and when ?
Landsteiner 1901
What other advances were there ?
Hair bullets and catridges - Balthazard 1913
Questioned documents - A S Osborn 1910
Inks - ainsworth mitchell
Comparison microscope and ballistics - goddard 1927
Blood spatter - balthazard 1939
Who was hans gross what did he do and when ?
1892
Professer in austria
Promoted science applied to crime
Coined term criminalistics
Devised first csi kit
Who was Edmund Locard ?
1911
He said every contact leaves a trace
- trave evidence cross contamination
- microscapy of dust
- proposed forensic labs
Labs ?
Lausanne 1908
La 1923
Explovies kent - 1871
Met police - 1935
What did paul kirk say ?
Forensic science is the science of induvidualisation
What was the richard buckland case ?
Double rape and murder 1986 Richard = suspect Sor alex jeffrys proved didnt do it Soeem didnt match Mass screen Matched collin pitchfork
what’s a testimony?
scientific opinion presented by an expert witness
