Forensic science Timeline by Dimon Sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi Made with mirth en-us 2019-01-19 05:07:12 UTC 2025-11-20 20:49:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 150AD: Graeco-Roman physician Galen first to perform autopsies dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362487 This is important because this was the beginning of forensic science science. ]]> 2019-01-19 05:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362487 1550: Ambroise Pare, Fortuanto Fidelis, & Paolo Zacchia first practitioners of forensic medicine in Europe dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362549 This was when forensic science changed and they started teaching it in school. Making it available to more people.]]> 2019-01-19 05:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362549 1647: First autopsies were carried out in Massachusetts dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362647 This is when medicine really evolved and somone could really tell when or how a person died, as well as connect evidence.]]> 2019-01-19 05:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362647 1810: Germany – The first attempt to use science to determine forgery dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362731 This was a breaking report because they were able to use science to determine that something was not what it seemed to be.]]> 2019-01-19 05:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362731 1859: Photography was first used as evidence in a California case dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362826 This was a huge part of foresic scince becuase they were able to back up a case with real evidence that would prove that the person did it.]]> 2019-01-19 05:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362826 1863: German scientist Schonbein found a way to generally ID bloodstains dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362905 We should know about this event because this is when we were really able to identify DNA from a crime scene.]]> 2019-01-19 05:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322362905 1902: German Max Richter grouped dried bloodstains dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363003 We need to know this because this was when they were able to take blood no matter how old and pin to a person of interest.]]> 2019-01-19 05:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363003 1911: U.S. – The Jennings fingerprint case in Chicago. Fingerprint evidence accepted by court dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363066 This is important because this was when people couldn't deny true evidence and people were actually being punished for their crimes]]> 2019-01-19 05:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363066 1913: German criminalist August Bruning solved a burglary case using tool mark and trace evidence dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363137 We need to know this because this is when it got easier to solve crimes based on forensics and DNA]]> 2019-01-19 05:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363137 1921: American psychiatrist Dr. John A. Larson developed the forerunner to the modern polygraph dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363250 This is important because this is when we were able to truly tell someone was telling the truth about anything]]> 2019-01-19 05:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363250 1932: The FBI started its crime laboratory dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363322 This is important because this is when we finally got a chance to have a permanent laboratory where we can do all kinds of forensic test.]]> 2019-01-19 05:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363322 1950: Of 70 coroners in Wisconsin, 33 were morticians dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363446 We need to know this because it shows us how we have grown in today socialites.]]> 2019-01-19 05:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363446 1963: J.F. Kennedy Assassination Case – U.S. – Ballistics and forensic medicine dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363506 This is important because this is one of the first cases that was solved based on forensics. ]]> 2019-01-19 05:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363506 1964: An American court admitted Neutron Activation Analysis evidence for the first time dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363579 This is important because it showed how evidence was used to provide justice in the court setting]]> 2019-01-19 05:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363579 1965: Only seven states had, by this time, adopted a medical examiners system dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363625 We need to know this because it shows how forensic science was a slow development.]]> 2019-01-19 05:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363625 1966: The first time a defendant in a criminal case was convicted on voiceprint evidence dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363713 This is import because this was the first case in history solved by pure evidence

]]> 2019-01-19 05:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363713 1971: The FBI devised a digital code identification system for sex offenders dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363884 This is important because this is when w were able to see all sex offenders in the area]]> 2019-01-19 05:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363884 1978: The forensic science labs in Great Britain handled over 50,000 major criminal cases dimon_e_sanders https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363944 2019-01-19 05:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dimon_e_sanders/zh7w5v1xupgi/wish/322363944