Scientists Flashcards
(13 cards)
Offila
“Father of Forensic Toxicology”
chemist who published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their affect on animals
Herschel
used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
Bertillon
“Father of criminal identification”
Developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish indiv
Faulds
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary
Arthur Conan
published his first sherlock Holmes stay considered the first CSI featured in 4 novels. popularized scientific crime diction methods
Galton
published finger prints conducted the first definitive study of finger prints and their classification
Gross
the first paper describing the application of scientific principals to the filed of criminal investigation published criminal investigation
Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups later received noble prize
Locard
incorporated gross principals within a workable crime lab became the founder and director of the institute of criminalistics
Osborn
published questioned documents developed the fundamental principals of document examination
lattes
developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood
Vollmer
established the first crime lab in the USA located in LA
Goddard
develops a comparison microscope first used to compare bullet to see if fired from the same weapon