Forensics Review 1

Published Sherlock Holmes stories

• Albert S. Osborn
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• Hans Gross
• Edmond Locard

Received Nobel Prize for discovering the ABO Blood Types

• Hans Gross
• Alphonse Bertillon
• Karl Landsteiner
• Edmond Locard

The founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. Developed a principle about the transfer of trace evidence.

• Edmond Locard
• August Vollmer
• William Herschel
• Leone Lattes

Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India

• Mathieu Orfila
• Hans Gross
• Henry Goddard
• William Herschel

Apply science to matters of the law

• pathology
• odontology
• criminalistics
• anthropology

Identify body fluids at crime scenes or on evidence

• Serology
• Anthropology
• Engineering
• Odontology

Able to match of projectiles to firearms

• toxicology
• serology
• computer science
• ballistics

Evaluate offenders  to determine if they are competent to stand trial

• Pathology
• Polygraphy
• Entomology
• Psychiatry

Study medical history of victims and determine cause and circumstance   of death

• Pathology
• Polygraphy
• Psychology
• Serology

Trace crimes dealing with electronic records or identity theft

• Engineering
• Ballastics
• Computer Science
• Anthropology