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February 24, 2017
Mugshot Meta: A Mug Shot of the Inventor of the Mug Shot (1912)
Alphonse Bertillon (24 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. Before that time, criminals could only be identified by name or photograph. The method was eventually supplanted by fingerprinting.
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 24, 2017 12:31 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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