John Edgar Hoover

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John Edgar Hoover
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Contributions to Forensic Science

• J. Edgar Hoover was the director of the United
  States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for
  more than 45 years!
• In 1924 Edgar's interest in the science
  department of criminal affairs led him to have
  the F.B.I. to use the science in the field.

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• Hoover established the FBI's national fingerprint
  depository and crime laboratory.
• In addition, he made the bureau's new fingerprint
  collection a national resource.
• Edgar focused on fingerprints in the beginning
  and hired a team later to help agents out in the
  field for scientific evidence.

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• Edgar focused on fingerprints in the beginning
  and hired a team later to help agents out in the
  field for scientific evidence.
• Hoover had lectures presented on criminological
  subjects like handwriting, fingerprints, and
  ballistics.

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• Hoover eventually established a training program
  for forensic science based in Chicago to teach
  agents these criminological subjects.
• Hoover pushed for a separate department and even
  established a state of the art lab in which the
  teams could assist in crimes through science.

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Citations

• Fox, J. (n.d) The Birth of the FBIs Technical
  Laboratory1924 to 1935. fbi.org. Retrieved
  September 04, 2012, from http//www.fbi.gov/about-
  us/history/highlights-of-history/articles/laborato
  ry