alphonse bertillon was known for his forensic contribution to anthropometry.
alphonse bertillon was known for his forensic contribution to anthropometry.
who is known for his forensic contribution to anthropometry?
alphonse bertillon
alphonse bertillon was a french criminologist and founder of anthropometry (scientific study of measurements and proportions of the human body). he used anthropometry for identification, saying each individual is unique and by measuring aspect of physical difference, there could be a personal identification system. he created the bertillon system around 1879, which was a way to identify criminals and citizens by measuring 20 parts of the body. in 1884, there was over 240 repeat offenders caught through the bertillon system. fingerprinting became more reliable than the bertillon system.
forensic science
during the 1940s anthropometry was used by william sheldon when evaluating his somatotypes, according to which characteristics of the body can be translated into characteristics of the mind. inspired by cesare lombroso's criminal anthropology, he also believed that criminality could be predicted according to the body type. a basically anthropometric division of body types into the categories endomorphic, ectomorphic and mesomorphic derived from sheldon's somatotype theories is today popular among people doing weight training.









































section::::forensic anthropometry.









































section::::forensic anthropometry.:bertillon, galton and criminology.
history of anthropometry