1. The development of Forensic Science

2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Popularized physical detection methods in a crime scene
Developed the character Sherlock Holmes

3. Mathieu Orfila (1787 – 1853) Father of Forensic Toxicology
Treatise on detection of poisons & their effects on animals.

4. Alphonse Bertillon (1853 – 1914)
Father of Criminal Detection
Devised the first scientific system of personal identification, using body measurements known as anthropometry in 1879.

5. Francis Galton (1822 – 1911)
Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification.
1892 – Treatise entitled Finger Prints

6. Leone Lattes (1887 – 1954)
Devised a simple procedure for determining the blood type (A,B,O,AB) of a dried bloodstain

7. Calvin Goddard (1891 – 1955)
Used a comparison microscope to determine if a bullet was fired from a specific gun
Published study of “tool marks” on bullets

8. Albert S. Osborn (1858 – 1946)
Developed fundamental principles of document examination
1910 – Treatise Questioned Documents
Was responsible for the acceptance of documents as scientific evidence by the courts

9. Hans Gross
Hans Gross was an Austrian criminal jurist and an examining magistrate.
He is believed to be the creator of the field of criminalistics and is to this day seen as the father of Criminal Investigation.
He wrote the book Criminal Investigation to discuss the benefits of using science in crime investigations.

10. Edmond Locard (1877 – 1966)
Demonstrated how the principles of science developed by Hans Gross could be incorporated into a workable crime lab.
Established one of the world's first police crime laboratories in Lyon, France in1910
Locard's exchange principle states that once contact is made between two surfaces a transfer of material(s) will occur.

11. Memory Devices Orfila Bertillion Galton Lattes Goddard Osborn Gross
Locard