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FORENSIC HISTORICAL DATES Renaissance Era Salem Witch trials Benjamin Franklin & U.S. Constitution (Age of Enlightenment) 1814 - Mathieu Orfila - Toxicology 1879 – Bertillon - anthropometry for criminal ID (aka biometrics), predates fingerprinting Late 1800s – McCrone - Use of Microscopy in Forensics 1892 – Galton - fingerprints 1901- Lattes – blood typing 1910 – Osborne – Document Examination/Questioned documents 1915 – Lattes - blood typing from dried blood stain 1930's – Goddard - Ballistics 1932 - FBI lab opened – J. Edgar Hoover Edmond Locard (1877-1966) – Exchange Principle What is the Exchange Principle?

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FORENSIC HISTORICAL DATES

Renaissance Era

Salem Witch trials

Benjamin Franklin & U.S. Constitution (Age of Enlightenment)

1814 - Mathieu Orfila - Toxicology

1879 – Bertillon - anthropometry for criminal ID (aka biometrics), predates fingerprinting

Late 1800s – McCrone - Use of Microscopy in Forensics

1892 – Galton - fingerprints

1901- Lattes – blood typing

1910 – Osborne – Document Examination/Questioned documents

1915 – Lattes - blood typing from dried blood stain

1930's – Goddard - Ballistics

1932 - FBI lab opened – J. Edgar Hoover

Edmond Locard (1877-1966) – Exchange Principle

What is the Exchange Principle?