Bertillon System Body Measurement 2 Morphological Descriptions
Alphonse bertillon 1853 1914 was a key actor in the history of crime knowledge at the turn of the century.
Bertillon system body measurement 2 morphological descriptions. And a description of peculiar marks observed on the surface of the body resulting from disease accident deformity or artificial disfigurement such as moles warts scars tattooings etc 2. He developed a filing system that put a person in one of three main categories based upon head size. Bertillons system of identification included three categories of information. Alphonse bertillons personal identification system required the measurement of the morphological description of and a description of.
Bertillon would go on to hone his system of physical description into a precise scientific language which he called a morphological vocabulary to describe human features in all their variety cole 2001 37 as well as a system of abbreviations to render that vocabulary in the most efficient form possible. 22 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. Bertillon was the first who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Bertillon concluded that when these measurements were made and recorded systematically every individual would be distinguishable.
Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminalsbefore that time criminals could only be. Alphonse bertillon a police department file clerk in paris developed a complex method of measuring and categorizing individuals during the second half of the 19th centuryalso known as bertillonage this system collected numerous body measurements and categorized various facial features of a person and was used in the united states and in europe to identify criminals. Influenced by criminal anthropology his first contribution was the design and implementation of novel police identification methods at the paris prefecture de police. The morphological description of the appearance and shape of the body and its measured parts as they related to movements and even the most characteristic mental and moral qualities.
On april 23 1853 french police officer and biometrics researcher alphonse bertillon was born. Body measurements morphological descriptions and a description of any marks on the body such as birthmarks scars and tattoos. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals.