https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4 en-us 2023-04-04 01:37:47 UTC 2023-04-04 23:22:53 UTC hello@padlet.com mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543046589 The word "forensics" comes from the Latin term "forensis"]]> 2023-04-04 02:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543046589 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543048686 The first recorded autopsy occurred over 2000 years ago. Antistius examined the body of Julius Caesar who was stabbed about 23 times. He was able to determine that one of the wounds in the chest caused his death. ]]> 2023-04-04 02:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543048686 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543148008 Song Ci wrote a book around this time discussing the basic methods used to solve a murder around this time. One thing they would do is test various weapons on animals. Then they would compare the animal wounds to the actual ones in order to narrow down which weapon could have done the crime. ]]> 2023-04-04 03:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543148008 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543154370 Around this time they also started using early forms of lie detectors. For example, in China they would put rice in the suspects mouth. The idea was that a guilty person would produce less saliva. So if the rice stuck to their mouth after they opened it, they would be seen as guilty. ]]> 2023-04-04 04:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543154370 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543179504 This century was a turning point for forensics. Modern practices were being developed around this time. 
 A French army surgeon, Ambroise Paré, studied the effect that violent death has on internal organs. Italian surgeons, Fortunato Fidelis and Paolo Zacchia performed a study of the changes occurring in the structure of the body due to a disease.]]> 2023-04-04 04:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543179504 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543196608 People started approaching these cases more logically. They would start matching footprints. They would even start matching clothing fibers found on the suspect. Around this time confessions under duress and accusations of witchcraft would become way less credible. ]]> 2023-04-04 04:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543196608 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543245376 Francis Galton published a book called "Finger Prints". This showed why fingerprints are a very reliable source of evidence. He showed how no fingerprints are exactly the same. By doing calculations, he determined that the odds of two fingerprints being the exact same are 1 in 64 billion. However, many of the ideas he gave about skin and fingers have been abandoned. ]]> 2023-04-04 05:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543245376 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543262542 The first big use of fingerprinting happened in 1903 with William and Will West. These two men looked identical. They also had the same last name. It turns out that they were two identical twins who were separated at birth. One of the men committed a crime and it was almost impossible to tell which one was which. This was where fingerprinting came in. Since no fingerprints are exactly the same, this was basically the only way to tell the two men apart. ]]> 2023-04-04 05:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2543262542 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2544193427 Henry Goddard becomes the first in 1835 to connect a bullet to a murder weapon using physical analysis.]]> 2023-04-04 21:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2544193427 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2544199173 Around this time Calvin Goddard helped the world of bullet examination tremendously. He created the comparison microscope. This was able to see all the little ridges in bullets which allowed it to be much easier to match the bullet to the firearm.]]> 2023-04-04 22:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2544199173 mdavid65 https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2544232978 During this century we made many advancements. Edmond Locard came up with the idea that everything leaves behind a trace of evidence. Using this concept, we started to use luminol to see if there was blood on a surface. Also, the breathalyzer was invented for sobriety tests, modern polygraphs, and the polymorphic nature of red blood cells was discovered. ]]> 2023-04-04 23:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mdavid65/pxqjgho7viughmn4/wish/2544232978