Bertillon

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French criminologist (1853-1914)

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Alphonse Bertillon was a French criminologist and founder of Anthropometry (scientific study of measurements and proportions of the human body). Source: Internet

He created the Bertillon System around 1879, which was a way to identify criminals and citizens by measuring 20 parts of the body. Source: Internet

In 1884, there was over 240 repeat offenders caught through the Bertillon system. Source: Internet

The French police officer Alphonse Bertillon was the first to apply the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement, thereby creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Source: Internet

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