The use of forensic science dates back more than thousands of years. The Chinese used fingerprint impressions in clay pots to identify ownership of property and solve fraudulent crimes.
Before the use of forensic techniques were recognized as scientific and lawful in the community, early scientists …..
Edmond Locard was the first to recreate crime scenes in a laboratory setting to understand the means and events of a crime. His laboratory of crime scene science was opened to the public in 1910. He was fundamental in the creation and recognition of forensic science, writing a series of textbooks on his findings, what he considered “Criminalistics.” One of the most significant of his contributions was his saying “Every contact leaves a trace.” By this he stressed that every individual leaves a trace of their existence, therefore the criminal would have pieces of evidence of his existence at the scene of the crime.
