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branch of knowledge involving systemized observation and experimentatioin of or pertaining to law and used in courts of law
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forensic science
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father of forensic toxicology
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Mathieu Orfila
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- first scientific system of personal identification
- developed anthropometry - a systematic procedure of taking body measurements - father of criminal identification |
Alphonse Bertillon
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- first definitive study of fingerprints
- developed methodology of classifying them for filing |
Francis Galton
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- A U.S. Army Colonel, he refined the technique of bullet comparison using the comparison microscrope.
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Calvin Goddard
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- father of trace evidence
- his exchange principle - when a criminal came in contact with an object or person, a "cross-transfer" of evidence occurred. |
Edmond Locard
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- world's preeminent microscopist
- applied microscopy to analytical problems, particularly foresnic cases |
Walter C. McCrone
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- collection & preservation of physical evidence
- chemical and physical analysis evidence - solving crimes - presenting evidence and findings in a court of law - makig society 'safer' |
role of forensic science
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