Bertillon System of Identification authorized by the city commissioners. Terror to criminals. They take no chance of arrest where it is in vogue – urged by the ...
French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon believed each person's physical measurements were as distinct as their fingerprints, and devised the first modern mug shots as part of his classification system ...
THE chief point of interest on the first day of the meeting of the Section, apart from the President's address, was a discussion on the rival systems for the identification of criminals of the ...