Origins of Forensic Science Flashcards
What is forensic science?
- It is the application of scientific methods and techniques to issues and matters under the investigation by a court of law.
- It is the science to criminal and civil laws during criminal investigations.
What is the application pathway for a crime that has been committed?
- Crime scene
- Laboratory
- Court
Who created the character Sherlock Holmes?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Who discovered that when you tell lies your pulse rates increase?
- An Ancient Greek physician in 250BC.
Who was a professor of anatomy and noted the types of characteristics of fingerprints in their treaties?
Professor Marcello Malpighi.
How was a murderer found with a sickle?
-Villagers were asked to display their sickles in the sun and the murderer was found when flies gathered on the bloody sickle.
Who was the first person to use bullet comparison and when?
- Henry Goddard in 1835.
What was Mathieu Orfila the founder of?
- Forensic toxicology
What was Alphonse Bertillon the founder of?
- Criminal identification
What was Francis Galton the founder of?
- Fingerprinting
What was Leone Lattes the founder of?
- Blood grouping.
What did Hans Gross do?
-He wrote the first book on describing the application of scientific disciplines to the field of criminal investigation.
What was Edmond Locard’s principle?
- Every contact leaves a trace.
- Founder of the first forensic laboratory in Lyons.
Who and when developed the fingerprint classification scheme?
- Sir Edward Henry in the 1901.
Who developed ABO blood typing and when was it developed?
- Karl Landsteiner.
When was Colin Pitchfork convicted?
- In 1988 and it was the 1st DNA court case.
What is the timeline development of FS laboratories?
- 1910: Lyons
- 1915: Dresden
- 1923: Vienna
- 1925: Holland, Finland, Sweden.
- 1932: USA, FBI.
- 1935: UK, MET.
What does the FBI stand for?
-Federal Bureau of Investigation.
When did the MET open?
- It was established in 1935.
In 1991 the Forensic Science Service became an executive agency at the Home office.
