Bertillon

American  

[bur-tl-on, ber-tee-yawn] / ˈbɜr tlˌɒn, bɛr tiˈyɔ̃ /

noun

1. Alphonse 1853–1914, French criminologist and anthropologist: devised the Bertillon system.

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Example Sentences

In many larger cities during the 1890s and early 1900s, the booking and photographing of an arrested person was also accompanied by the taking of Bertillon measurements.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2020

But it was Bertillon, beginning in the eighteen-eighties, who pioneered the use of forensic photography.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 9, 2016

As far as we know, such a system doesn’t yet exist, but computerized biometric identification technologies like facial and gait recognition software have significantly advanced the Bertillon approach.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016

Next to it is an image from 1902 attributed to Alphonse Bertillon, a Paris police chief credited with developing the mug shot and an early practitioner of crime-scene photography.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2012

But in the days after the theft, Alphonse Bertillon and Louis Lépine had managed to extract a couple of clues from the Louvre itself.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day