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History and Development of Forensic Science

  1. -Forensic Science in its broadest definition is...
    the application of science to law.
  2. -Forensic Science is the application of science to...
    the criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system.
  3. For many, the term _______ seems more descriptive than forensic science for describing the services of a crime laboratory.
    Criminalistics
  4. -One of the earliest records of applying forensics to solve criminal cases comes from...
    • Third Century China
    •      -A manuscript titled Yi Yu Ji ("A collection of Criminal Cases") reports how a coroner solved a case in which a woman was suspected of murdering her husband and burning the body, then claiming that he died in an accidental fire.
  5. -The first recorded notes about fingerprint characteristics were prepared in 1686 by...
    Marcello Malpighi
  6. -The first scientific treatises on forensic science began to appear, such as the 1798 work "A Treatise on Forensic Medicine and Public Health" by...
    • Françoise-Emanuel Fodéré
    •       -The French physician
  7. -Devised the first successful test for detecting the poison arsenic in corpses in 1775.
    • Carl Wilhelm Scheele
    •         -Swedish chemist
  8. -Discovered a more precise method for detecting small amounts of arsenic in the walls of a victim's stomach by 1806.
    • Valentin Ross 
    •           -The German chemist
  9. -Considered the father of toxicology.
    • Mathieu Orfila 
    •       -A Spaniard
  10. -Published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. This treatise established forensic toxicology as a legitimate scientific endeavor.
    • Mathieu Orfila
    •       -A Spaniard
  11. -Invented the polarizing microscope in 1828.
    William Nichole
  12. -Formulated the first procedures for microscopic detection of sperm.
    Henri-Louis Bayard
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History and Development of Forensic Science
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"There's an ultra-fine line between confident and simply full of your own shit." -John O'Callaghan
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