Fathers of Forensics
This “Father of Criminal Identification” developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
Who is Alphonse Bertillon?
On a dark knight long before Batman, this man wrote his first ever Sherlock Holmes novel.
Who is Sir Arthur Canon Doyle?
In the 13th Century, flies in THIS country were attracted to the traces of blood and landed on the knife used during the stabbing.
What is China?
This man used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
Who is Henry Faulds?
Edmond Locard came up with this exchange principle, stating that when a criminal comes in contact with an object or person, a cross-transfer of evidence occurs.
What is "Every Contact Leaves a Trace?"
This man created the first crime lab. Not so special except that it was all in the attic of a police precinct!
Who is Edmond Locard?
Mathieu Orfila published a scientific paper detailing how to detect poisons and their effects on these.
What are animals?
Police collection of evidence without proper warrants became the key argument used by this man's legal team & ultimately led to his acquittal.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
Not to be confused with the Father of Modern Chocolate, this man used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
Who is William Herschel?
Karl Landsteiner received the Nobel Prize after finding these three blood groups.
What are the ABO Groups?
This chemist is the Father of Forensic Toxicology.
Who is Matheiu Orfila?
Hans Gross wrote and published this book on applying all the different science disciplines to the field of criminal investigation.
What is "Criminal Investigation"?
If this is to be admissible in court, the highest professional standards must be used at the crime scene!
What is forensic evidence?
Considered the first “CSI”, this man was featured in four novels and 56 short stories, and popularized scientific crime detection methods.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Edmond Locard became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at this university.
What is the University of Lyons, France?
Despite being the first to develop the comparison microscope, this man is actually credited as being the Father of Ballistics.
Who is Calvin Goddard?
This book by Francis Galton contained many classifiers of of a certain extremity, such as whorls, arches, and double loops.
What is "Finger Prints"?
Leone Lattes developed a method for determining blood type using this.
What is dried blood?
This man conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, giving proof of their uniqueness.
Who is Francis Galton?
This man's leadership as Father of the F.B.I spanned 48 yrs & 8 presidential administrations. His reign covered Prohibition, the Great Depression, WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War, & the Vietnam War.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
This man was the Father of Microscopic Forensics.
Who is Walter McCrone?
This man published "Questioned Documents," which developed the fundamental principles of document examination
Who is Albert S. Osborn?
J. Edgar Hoover organized this to offer forensic services to all law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
What is a national labratory?
Goddard's creation, this was first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
What is a comparison microscope?
August Vollmer established the first crime lab in the United States, located in this city.
What is Los Angeles?