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BERTILLONAJE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
DEF

The system of identification of criminals by anthropometric measurements, finger-prints, etc., invented by Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), French criminologist.

OBS

Compare with the closely related term "judicial anthropometry."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
DEF

Système d'identification des criminels par l'anthropométrie.

OBS

Système inventé par le criminaliste français Alphonse Bertillon et mis en application à partir de 1882.

OBS

Le verbe bertillonner («identifier par le procédé du bertillonnage») est attesté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
  • Policía
DEF

Sistema de identificación que se basa en las medidas antropométricas según el método de Bertillon.

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