Forensic science timeline by zahir https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve en-us 2023-09-28 19:51:41 UTC 2023-09-29 05:37:13 UTC hello@padlet.com 1810: The first recorded use of question document analysis occurred in Germany. A chemical test for a particular ink dyewas applied to a document known as the Konigin Hanschritt. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725567187 It made it possible to see detect writing that has been erased.]]> 2023-09-29 04:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725567187 1248: A Chinese book, Hsi Duan Yu (the washing away of wrongs), contains a description of how to distinguish drowning from strangulation. This was the first recorded application of medical knowledge to the solution of crime. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725571123 It finally means that there can be a destinguishment between causes of death which has since been used.]]> 2023-09-29 04:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725571123 1828: William Nichol invented the polarizing light microscope. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725572169 it is the beginning on more modern light polarizing microscopes that we still use today.]]> 2023-09-29 04:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725572169 1835: Henry Goddard, one of Scotland Yard’s original Bow Street Runners, first used bullet comparison to catch amurderer. His comparison was based on a visible flaw in the bullet which was traced back to a mold. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725573783 these comparisons are still used today which made it easier to match bullets or casings to a serialized number sush as a box of ammo and changed the industrialization of ammo.]]> 2023-09-29 04:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725573783 1856: Sir William Herschel, a British officer working for the Indian Civil service, began to use thumbprints on documents both as a substitute for written signatures for illiterates and to verify document signatures. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725574276 thumbprints are now used as an identification for multiple types of application specifically important documents relative to the government]]> 2023-09-29 04:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725574276 1864: Odelbrecht first advocated the use of photography for the identification of criminals and the documentation of evidence and crime scenes. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725576375 pictures of criminals are being documented. This is used to identify criminals who might of had a prior or have even been incarcerated ]]> 2023-09-29 04:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725576375 1880: Henry Faulds, a Scottish physician working in Tokyo, published a paper in the journal Nature suggesting thatfingerprints at the scene of a crime could identify the offender. In one of the first recorded uses of fingerprints to solvea crime, Faulds used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect and indicate a perpetrator in a Tokyo burglary. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725577111 This is one of the ways to identify individuals to this day weather they have or haven't committed a crime. It can ither prove the innocence of someone or find a perpetrator.]]> 2023-09-29 04:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725577111 1889: Alexandre Lacassagne, professorprofessor of forensic medicine at the University of Lyons, France, was the first to try to individualize bullets to a gun barrel. His comparisons at the time were based simply on the number of lands and grooves. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725578786 This makes it easier to determine what make or model gun was used based on the barrel itself which has now evolved to turn rate, width, and how deep the grooves are in a bullet.]]> 2023-09-29 04:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725578786 1898: Paul Jesrich, a forensic chemist working in Berlin, Germany, took photomicrographs of two bullets to compare, and subsequently individualize, the minutiae. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725581339 It compares two bullets for very fine details such as deformities or parts of a finger print which can be compared to a gun if available.]]> 2023-09-29 04:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725581339 1901: Henry P. DeForrest pioneered the first systematic use of fingerprints in the United States by the New York Civil Service Commission. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725582666 fingerprints are now becoming the implemented way of solving crimes in the U.S.A.]]> 2023-09-29 04:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725582666 1903: The New York State Prison system began the first systematic use of fingerprints in United States for criminal identification. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725583211 being used to this day it can identify criminals who have been incarcerated before or have documents with their fingerprints.]]> 2023-09-29 04:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725583211 1905: American President Theodore Roosevelt established Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725587383 One of the most powerfull goverment agencies which is used in any application to keep the american public safe from crime and terrorism.]]> 2023-09-29 05:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725587383 1918: Edmond Locard first suggested 12 matching points as a positive fingerprint identification. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725589246 matching fingerprints has become more precise with individualizing it and finding a matching print easier.]]> 2023-09-29 05:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725589246 1920: Charles E. Waite was the first to catalog manufacturing data about weapons. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725590443 this made most agencies able to see documents on the manufacturing of firearms which can help with the identification of ammo or parts.]]> 2023-09-29 05:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725590443 1921: John Larson and Leonard Keeler designed the portable polygraph. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725591424 the portable polygraph is still being used to day with many improvements made and yet to come.]]> 2023-09-29 05:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725591424 1954: R. F. Borkenstein, captain of the Indiana State Police, invented the Breathalyzer for field sobriety testing. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725593106 revolutionized law enforcement's ability tomeasure blood alcohol levels in individuals suspected of drunk driving, providing a scientifically method for assessing impaired driving and significantly enhancing road safety by reducing the incidence of alcohol-related accidents.]]> 2023-09-29 05:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725593106 1974: The detection of gunshot residue (GSR) using scanning electron microscopy with electron dispersive X-rays (SEMEDX) technology was developed by J. E. Wessel, P. F. Jones, Q. Y. Kwan, R. S. Nesbitt and E. J. Rattin at Aerospace Corporation. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725594322 can now trace any amounts of powder recedue on a victims or perpetrators skin or article of clothing.]]> 2023-09-29 05:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725594322 (1977): The FBI introduced the beginnings of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with the first computerized scans of fingerprints. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725595544 scanning or finding fingerprints is much faster and less labor intensive and space is now reduced compared to files and files of individual fingerprints. also helped with the sharing and distribution of data today.]]> 2023-09-29 05:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725595544 1992: The FBI contracted with Mnemonic Systems to developed Drugfire, an automated imaging system to compare marks left on cartridge cases and shell casings. The ability to compare fired bullets was subsequently added. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725596380 compairing ammo is now easier and more reliable as now it can be ammo that has been fired which can link different crime scenes to the same firearm.]]> 2023-09-29 05:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725596380 1999: The FBI upgraded its computerized fingerprint database and implemented the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), allowing paperless submission, storage, and search capabilities directly to the national database maintained at the FBI. zavera5x https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725598040 long term storage is possible and the sharing of data between different agencies is faster and easier.]]> 2023-09-29 05:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zavera5x/etklejnq0l3o44ve/wish/2725598040