forensics
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Fore
nsi
c Sc
ienc
e
Forensics is the analysis
and interpretation of
evidence that is a part
of a legal investigative
process.
Forensic is from theLatin word forensismeaning used in
thecourt of law.
The first forensicautopsy wasperformed on
JuliusCaesar by the
Romanphysician
Antistius in44 B.C.
In 1836 a Scottish
Chemist named James
Marsh was the first
to use toxicology in a
jury trial.
The fingerprinting ofcriminals in the U.S. beganin the New York City PoliceDepartment in 1906. Then
in1918, Edmond Locard,suggested 12 matching
pointsas a positive fingerprintidentification.
In 1924 AugustVollmer
implementedthe first U.S.
policecrime laboratory.
Starting in 1977 the FBI
introduced the beginnings of
its Automated Fingerprint
Identification System
(AFIS) with the firstcomputerized scans
offingerprints.
1986 brought about thefirst use of DNA to solvea crime. DNA was usedin England to identifyColin Pitchfork as themurderer of two younggirls. In 1987 DNAprofiling was introduced
inthe United States
criminalcourt system.
Credits
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