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BERTILLON, Alphonse

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Les signalements anthropométriques.

Paris: G. Masson, 1886.

Bertillon invented a method (“Bertillonage”) of identifying persons by means of selected measurements, the five following measurements being used as the basis of his system: head length, head breadth, length of middle finger, length of left foot, and length of forearm from elbow to extremity of middle finger. His method was used particularly for the identification of criminals.



Subjects: ANTHROPOLOGY › Anthropometry, Criminology & Medical Criminology