<Ul> <Li> Louis Bertillon (father) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Louis Bertillon (father) </Li> <P> Alphonse Bertillon (French: (bɛʁtijɔ̃); 24 April 1853--13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements . Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals . Before that time, criminals could only be identified by name or photograph . The method was eventually supplanted by fingerprinting . </P> <P> He is also the inventor of the mug shot . Photographing of criminals began in the 1840s only a few years after the invention of photography, but it was not until 1888 that Bertillon standardized the process . </P>

Who is known for his forensic contribution to anthropometry