The encyclopedia article on Juan Vucetich, the Argentine police official who created the first practical fingerprint classification system and secured the first criminal conviction by fingerprint evidence. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Vucetich
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Sources
Wikipedia: Juan Vucetich
WikipediaBiography sectionQuote, Biography section
The first positive identification of a criminal was made in 1892.
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Criminologists and Reformers, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
Well-attested
9Criminologists and Reformers
General References
4Criminologists and Reformers
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