Forensic History Essay
The history of forensics science has continued to evolve throughout history in today’s ever changing society. The beginning of this field began in the eighth century during the uprising of the Tang Dynasty in modern day China. The chinese began to use fingerprints to identify documents, and clay sculptures from other empires. The start of this field brought together more skills that were created to undermine those sought at damaging empires throughout history. As this field began to grow so did other forensics techniques that evolved the science. One technique that proved to be one of the most valuable throughout history, was the creation of the document examiner which goes back to around the same time of the Tang Dynasty. Most people do
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Francios Demelle, and J. Raveneau. These men created a more focused effort on the penmanship of the individual. For instance the quality of the line that was made when an individual signed a document, or the speed at which his hand moved as he wrote. These advances in the examination process brought forth a revolution for document examination, that allowed the capture of thousands of individuals. At the same time it also caused those same individuals to focus their skills, and create more devious ways to infiltrate someone's information. The advancements continued with much of Europe following in the footsteps of the English, and French. Across the Atlantic America stayed on the same path to a certain extent. America was following the same examination protocols as the English, until the revolution happened some years before. State jurisdictions began to allow the testimony of experts, which had never been acknowledged before. In 1887 the state of Ohio recognized handwriting as a means of identifying individuals. A few years after in 1894 the first significant scientific text giving a guide for questioned documents, and chemical test for detecting alterations was presented to the world. This recognition opened up further into the nineteenth century with an increase in the amount of experts giving testimony in courts in the eastern United
Francios Demelle, and J. Raveneau. These men created a more focused effort on the penmanship of the individual. For instance the quality of the line that was made when an individual signed a document, or the speed at which his hand moved as he wrote. These advances in the examination process brought forth a revolution for document examination, that allowed the capture of thousands of individuals. At the same time it also caused those same individuals to focus their skills, and create more devious ways to infiltrate someone's information. The advancements continued with much of Europe following in the footsteps of the English, and French. Across the Atlantic America stayed on the same path to a certain extent. America was following the same examination protocols as the English, until the revolution happened some years before. State jurisdictions began to allow the testimony of experts, which had never been acknowledged before. In 1887 the state of Ohio recognized handwriting as a means of identifying individuals. A few years after in 1894 the first significant scientific text giving a guide for questioned documents, and chemical test for detecting alterations was presented to the world. This recognition opened up further into the nineteenth century with an increase in the amount of experts giving testimony in courts in the eastern United