Bertillon Method of Measurement, Illinois State Prison, Joliet

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Title

Bertillon Method of Measurement, Illinois State Prison, Joliet

Subject

Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.)
Prisoners
Bertillon system

Description

French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon devised a method of tracking suspects and convicts through a system of measuring and classifying specific features of the person's anatomy. Photographs of these features helped police identify suspects and allowed prisons to document the identities of convicts.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

en

Identifier

400024
Illinois State Prison, Joliet

Original Format

studio print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

24 x 18 cm