The naissance of forensics in Serbia
Конференцијски прилог (Објављена верзија)
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The Serbian police gradually implemented scientific methods in legal proceedings and determinately kept up with the world in the application of the latest scientific achievements. The first step in this field was made by establishing the State Chemical Laboratory in 1859, which performed various expert analyses of evidence for the purpose of criminal investigation. Educa-tion in forensic medicine performed at the Faculty of Law starting from 1863 provided conduct-ing forensic medical and anatomical pathological investigations, as well as histopathological and bacterial examinations. The same as in other European countries, starting from 1897, pho-tography in Serbia was used in the investigation of criminal events in the penal system. So-called „Bertillonage“, based on anthropometry and also accepted worldwide as a reliable method for identification of criminals, was introduced in Serbia in 1904 when the Anthropometric Police Department was established. As soon as the methods... of classification of the fingerprints were developed, dactyloscopy was advocated in Serbia and practiced in the Anthropometric Police Department since 1912. The developments interrupted by the Great War continued after its end. The Department of Technical Police established in 1921 in Belgrade and with jurisdiction on the entire state territory successfully performed its main task: it took care of photographing criminals and other dangerous persons, registered criminals and was a forensic-medical labora-torium. The analysis of birth and youth of forensic methods in Serbia will be performed in this paper in order to indicate that regarding forensic development Serbia in the 19th and early 20thcenturies was not outside the European mainstream as well as it is not today.
Кључне речи:
forensics / Bertillonage / dactyloscopy / photography / Technical PoliceИзвор:
Thematic conference proceedings of international significance [Elektronski izvor] / International Scientific Conference "Archibald Reiss Days", Belgrade, 9-10 November 2021, 2021, 567-574Издавач:
- Belgrade : University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies