Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . manbody that do not change in size after a person has reachedthe age of about twenty-one years. The inventor, M. Bertillon, is the son of a French physicianwho was a man of eminence in his profession. After complet-ing the prescribed military service of a young Frenchman, was appointed to a position in the prefecture of policein Paris. Soon after his appointment, he was so stronglyimpressed by the difficulties in the way of the identification oft
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . manbody that do not change in size after a person has reachedthe age of about twenty-one years. The inventor, M. Bertillon, is the son of a French physicianwho was a man of eminence in his profession. After complet-ing the prescribed military service of a young Frenchman, was appointed to a position in the prefecture of policein Paris. Soon after his appointment, he was so stronglyimpressed by the difficulties in the way of the identification ofthe large number of criminals passing daily through his office,that he began to devise the system that now bears his name. His design was based on the fact that certain measurementsof the body do not change after the period of full growth hasbeen reached. These are, for example, the length and widthof the head; the length of the middle finger, the foot, theforearm and the outstretched arm; the height of the figurestanding and seated; and the dimensions of the ear. As notwo persons are exactly alike, it is practically impossible that. OUTSTKKTOllKl) AUMS. Left Foiil;-Ahm. APPLICATION OF BEKTILLON SYSTEM.
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