Suspect Identities“No two fingerprints are alike,” or so it goes. For nearly a hundred years fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society. We trust them to tell us who committed a crime, whether a criminal record exists, and how to resolve questions of disputed identity. |
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... recognition or gen- eral description or description of dress , stoutness , and the like things which are variable . " An anthropometric identification system similar to Bertillon's seemed the obvious solution . " The French system of an ...
Simon A. Cole. does provide important clues regarding the practice of anthropometric identification in the United States . Most American operators learned Bertillonage from translations of Bertillon's books . ( Warden Mc- Claughry ...
... identification method seems to be looked upon by the police officials as a sort of charm or talisman , " Fosdick ruefully observed in 1915 , " and in more than ... Anthropometric identification codes , From Anthropometry to Dactyloscopy 161.
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
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