Question

Part 1

Your response must include the following elements:

Present a timeline covering the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries, with the time frames clearly indicated.
Inlcude at least eight developments occurring prior to 1960 that were important to the development of each of the three sources of physical evidence (blood, fingerprinting, and ballistics), being sure to name the major contributors in these developments.
Depict at least one foundational event or key invention from outside the field of forensic science for each area of physical evidence (for example, how the microscope was a key invention that allowed the matching of guns and bullets in ballistics).
Part 2

Add the following elements to the timeline that will help give you some background understanding both now and in the future study of this course:

FBI National Crime lab, French Le Surete, Sherlock Holmes, John Toms' conviction by document exam
1854: prison inmates photographed; 1879: hair identification; 1910: ABO blood groups; 1902: the first forensic academic program; 1921: the first use of a polygraph; 1930s: fingerprint identification of corpses; 1941: Murray Hill and voice print; 1810: chemical test for ink identification, vacuum used to collect trace evidence; 1862: guaiac test for blood
Alongside the timeline, supply information that depicts the current lifestyle and historical setting at various stages along the timeline.