<P> Juan Vucetich , an Argentine chief police officer , created the first method of recording the fingerprints of individuals on file , associating these fingerprints to the anthropometric system of Alphonse Bertillon , who had created , in 1879 , a system to identify individuals by anthropometric photographs and associated quantitative descriptions . In 1892 , after studying Galton 's pattern types , Vucetich set up the world 's first fingerprint bureau . In that same year , Francisca Rojas of Necochea , was found in a house with neck injuries , whilst her two sons were found dead with their throats cut . Rojas accused a neighbour , but despite brutal interrogation , this neighbour would not confess to the crimes . Inspector Alvarez , a colleague of Vucetich , went to the scene and found a bloody thumb mark on a door . When it was compared with Rojas ' prints , it was found to be identical with her right thumb . She then confessed to the murder of her sons . </P>
<P> Juan Vucetich , an Argentine chief police officer , created the first method of recording the fingerprints of individuals on file , associating these fingerprints to the anthropometric system of Alphonse Bertillon , who had created , in 1879 , a system to identify individuals by anthropometric photographs and associated quantitative descriptions . In 1892 , after studying Galton 's pattern types , Vucetich set up the world 's first fingerprint bureau . In that same year , Francisca Rojas of Necochea , was found in a house with neck injuries , whilst her two sons were found dead with their throats cut . Rojas accused a neighbour , but despite brutal interrogation , this neighbour would not confess to the crimes . Inspector Alvarez , a colleague of Vucetich , went to the scene and found a bloody thumb mark on a door . When it was compared with Rojas ' prints , it was found to be identical with her right thumb . She then confessed to the murder of her sons . </P>
when did fingerprints start being used by the police
when did fingerprints start being used by the police
1892
1892