Early in fingerprint history Herschels was a pioneer in the fingerprinting science he took his own finger prints and never noticed a difference in a fifty year span. Other pioneers that lead in the forefront of the fingerprint included Sir Frances Galton who published a book in 1892 it had an in-depth accurate study of fingerprints Galton and also included an attempt at a system to identify fingerprints. Even though his study was not widely accepted it helped other future pioneers in their studies of fingerprints.
Juan Vucetich an Argentinean Police Officer corresponded with Galton and then devised his own system of fingerprinting called icnofalagomatrico put in practice September of 1891 and in March 1892 Vucetich opened the first fingerprinting bureau at San Nicolas.
Later in 1897 Sir Edward Henry devised a workable solution for fingerprinting and implemented it in India. In 1900 Henry published his book Classification and uses of Fingerprinting.
The history of fingerprinting came with a means to a problem that had existed since the beginning of time how can you hold a person accountable for their actions if you are unable to positively identify who they are. Other problems creep up when new law enforcement systems like the Bertillon system which identified people by their measurements used a long tedious process of measuring body parts to get a full scope of a person’s dimensions. The Bertillon system had too many flaws to be an accurate account for all persons incarcerated due to untrained personnel law enforcement stopped using the Bertillon. Other studies had to be performed before Edward Henry came up with a working solution to the classification by fingerprinting. Many other pioneers in the law enforcement agencies put forth much effort to make the fingerprint what it is today. Knowing the issues that law enforcement had to overcome fingerprinting is a system that has lasted throughout the 1900th century.
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