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First forensic autopsy conducted on Julius Caesar

44 BCE

First polygraph developed by John Larsen

1921

First US crime lab established in LA

1924

First use of SEM to detect GSR

1974

Sir Alec Jeffries developed RFLP for DNA fingerprinting

1984

PCR developed for DNA replication

1986

First use of DNA to clear suspect in UK; first convictions for sexual assault using DNA in UK & US

1987

First use of DNA to clear rape conviction in US

1989

First fictional depiction of forensic psych (aka Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue")

1842

Sherlock Holmes "A Study in Scarlet"

1887

First recorded offender profile by Dr. Thomas Bond in Whitechapel murders case

1888

James Cattell conducts research on memory accuracy

1895

Albert von Schrenk-Notzing was first person to give trial testimony related to psych (effects of pretrial publicity on witness recall)

1896

William Stern conducts research on eyewitness testimony and leading questions

1901

Hugo Munsterberg (aka the father of forensic psych) publishes "On the Witness Stand"

1908

Lewis Terman's Stanford-Binet IQ test used to assess police/fire applicants in California

1916

William Marston provides expert testimony on polygraph results (also discovery of systolic BP being related to lying)

1923

US psychologists testify on segregation in Brown vs Board of Education

1954

Court recognizes psychologists' testimony on mental illness (Jenkins vs US)

1962

APA recognizes forensic psych as a separate specialty

2001