Forensic Historical Dates
- 1. FORENSIC HISTORICAL
DATES
Renaissance Era
Salem Witch trials
Benjamin Franklin & U.S. Constitution (Age of Enlightenment)
1814 - Mathieu Orfila - Toxicology
1879 – Bertillon - anthropometry for criminal ID (aka biometrics), predates fingerprinting
Late 1800s – McCrone - Use of Microscopy in Forensics
1892 – Galton - fingerprints
1901- Lattes – blood typing
1910 – Osborne – Document Examination/Questioned documents
1915 – Lattes - blood typing from dried blood stain
1930's – Goddard - Ballistics
1932 - FBI lab opened – J. Edgar Hoover
Edmond Locard (1877-1966) – Exchange Principle
What is the Exchange Principle?