NATS 1575 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Finger Ridges, Fingerprint, Juan Vucetich
16 Aug 2016
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The first systematic attempt at personal identification was devised by a french police expert, The bertillion system relied on a detailed description of the subject, combined with full length and profile photographs and a system of precise body measurements called anthropometry. In 1892 francis galton published his classic textbook finger prints. At galton"s insistence, the british government adopted fingerprinting as a supplement to the. The next step was the creation of classification systems capable of filing many thousands of prints in a logical and searchable sequence. Dr juan vucetich devised a classification system still used in most spanish-speaking countries, while sir edward henry devised another classification system used in most. In 1903, when the bertillion system could not distinguish between two men (one will west and the other william west), it was fingerprinting that clearly distinguished them. After the will west incident, the use of fingerprinting by the new york city civil service.
