<P> Handbook for Coroners , police officials , military policemen was written by the Austrian criminal jurist Hans Gross in 1893 , and is generally acknowledged as the birth of the field of criminalistics . The work combined in one system fields of knowledge that had not been previously integrated , such as psychology and physical science , and which could be successfully used against crime . Gross adapted some fields to the needs of criminal investigation , such as crime scene photography . He went on to found the Institute of Criminalistics in 1912 , as part of the University of Graz ' Law School . This Institute was followed by many similar institutes all over the world . </P>
<P> Handbook for Coroners , police officials , military policemen was written by the Austrian criminal jurist Hans Gross in 1893 , and is generally acknowledged as the birth of the field of criminalistics . The work combined in one system fields of knowledge that had not been previously integrated , such as psychology and physical science , and which could be successfully used against crime . Gross adapted some fields to the needs of criminal investigation , such as crime scene photography . He went on to found the Institute of Criminalistics in 1912 , as part of the University of Graz ' Law School . This Institute was followed by many similar institutes all over the world . </P>
who wrote a book on investigation introduced the word criminalistics
who wrote a book on investigation introduced the word criminalistics
Hans Gross
Hans Gross