FRSC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alphonse Bertillon, Francis Galton, Forensic Toxicology
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What is forensic science: analyzing and using evidence to assist police in their investigation. Csi effect: reason forensic science has become so popular, unrealistic expectations. American academy of forensic science: www. afs. org, largest forensic science organization in the world. History of forensic science: sung tz"u (1247 a. d. ): china. The washing away of wrongs: mathieo j. b. orfila. Detected arsenic in internal organ of mr. lafarge, but not in control, cemetary, earth, or laboratory. Evidence sent marie lafarge to the guillotine in 1840: alphonse bertillon. In 1879, he devised first system of personal identification known as. Anthropometry or bertillonage (body measurements: sir francis galton. Finger prints book (1892: historical contributors: Crime laboratories in the usa: lapd forensic lab is the oldest crime lab (1923, fbi started crime lab in 1932 for all law enforcement agencies. Types and organization of crime labs: private crime laboratories, public crime labs (>400) Capable of investigation a broad range of crimes: dea.
