Rodolphe Archibald Reiss was a German–Swiss criminology-pioneer, forensic scientist, professor and writer.
Archibald Reiss
House of Archibald Reiss in Belgrade, 27 August 2020
Topčider cemetery, Belgrade, 19 December 2020
The urn containing the heart of Archibald Reiss, which was located on Kajmakčalan (2521m), where Serbians defeated the Bulgarian army and re-entered their own land in the First World War. The Bulgarians destroyed the urn in the Second World War
Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.
Ambroise Paré's surgical work laid the groundwork for the development of forensic techniques in the following centuries.
This is an example and explanation of extractor/ejector marks on casings.
Apparatus for the arsenic test, devised by James Marsh
Fingerprints taken by William Herschel 1859/60