Multiple choice

Who created a system of identifying fingerprints according to their patterns?

  1. Alphonse Bertillon

  2. Edmund Locard

  3. Sir Edward Henry

  4. Henry Faulds
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Explanation

Sir Edward Henry developed the Henry Classification System, which grouped fingerprints based on their physiological patterns (such as arches, loops, and whorls). This system allowed police forces to index and search large databases of fingerprints, replacing older anthropometric methods. Alphonse Bertillon developed body measurements, and Edmond Locard is known for the exchange principle.

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