Individual Work 1
Individual Work 1
What was Francis Henry Galton’s major contribution to forensic science?
Galton was not the first contributor to the idea of fingerprinting but he was the first contributor to follow through with making it a successful new way of identification. Alphonse Bertillon came up with a systematic way of identifying persons by taking measurements of different parts of their bodies. This procedure was used for nearly 20 years before being replaced by fingerprinting. There were to other contributors to the idea of fingerprinting: U.S. microscopist Thomas Taylor whom “…suggested that fingerprints could be used as a form of identification, but his ideas were not immediately followed up” (Saferstein, pg. 8, 2009), and Scottish physician Henry Faulds whom “…made a similar assertion in a paper published in the journal Nature.” (Saferstein, pg. 8, 2009)
“… [Galton] undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints and developed a methodology of classifying them for filing. In 1892, Galton published a book titled Finger Prints, which contained the first statistical proof supporting the uniqueness of personal identification. His work went on to describe the basic principles that form the present system of identification by fingerprints.” (Saferstein, pg. 8, 2009)
Who is known as “the father of forensic toxicology” and why?
Mathieu Orfila was considered the father of forensic toxicology because he published the first scientific treatise of finding poisons and the effects poisons had on animals. Chemistry and a better understanding of the way the body works helped other major contributors get a better understanding of how to detect certain poisons in different areas of the human body. “In 1775, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele devised the first successful test for detecting the poison arsenic in corpses. By 1806, The German chemist Valentin Ross had discovered a more precise method for detecting small amounts on arsenic in the walls of a victim’s
What was Francis Henry Galton’s major contribution to forensic science?
Galton was not the first contributor to the idea of fingerprinting but he was the first contributor to follow through with making it a successful new way of identification. Alphonse Bertillon came up with a systematic way of identifying persons by taking measurements of different parts of their bodies. This procedure was used for nearly 20 years before being replaced by fingerprinting. There were to other contributors to the idea of fingerprinting: U.S. microscopist Thomas Taylor whom “…suggested that fingerprints could be used as a form of identification, but his ideas were not immediately followed up” (Saferstein, pg. 8, 2009), and Scottish physician Henry Faulds whom “…made a similar assertion in a paper published in the journal Nature.” (Saferstein, pg. 8, 2009)
“… [Galton] undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints and developed a methodology of classifying them for filing. In 1892, Galton published a book titled Finger Prints, which contained the first statistical proof supporting the uniqueness of personal identification. His work went on to describe the basic principles that form the present system of identification by fingerprints.” (Saferstein, pg. 8, 2009)
Who is known as “the father of forensic toxicology” and why?
Mathieu Orfila was considered the father of forensic toxicology because he published the first scientific treatise of finding poisons and the effects poisons had on animals. Chemistry and a better understanding of the way the body works helped other major contributors get a better understanding of how to detect certain poisons in different areas of the human body. “In 1775, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele devised the first successful test for detecting the poison arsenic in corpses. By 1806, The German chemist Valentin Ross had discovered a more precise method for detecting small amounts on arsenic in the walls of a victim’s