The article describes the works and contributions of Rudolph Archibald Reiss. Rudolf Archibald Reiss is considered to be one of the pioneers of forensic sciences, ie the analysis and interpretation of physical evidence gathered from the screening scenarios. His breakthrough work at the beginning of the twentieth century has made a big step in forensic science. The activity of A. Reisse also contributed greatly to the development of the Forensic Institute at the University of Lausanne, one of the world's foremost forensic education facilities. From the perspective of the Czech criminal school, the name Reisse is not very well known, rather it was not mentioned in the development of forensic science and forensics. The main reason was the fact that during the First World War he mapped and documented the crimes of the Austro-Hungarian army, so the successor states could see negative effects in the activities of A. Reisse.