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IDENTIFICATION OF HABITUAL CRIMINALS REPORT O F A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OP STATE TO INQUIRE INTO THE BEST MEANS AVAILABLE FOR IDENTIFYING HABITUAL CRIMINALS; WITH MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDICES. Hrreemm to fcotfi &ou0f$ of tfarUammt lip tsrotnmanU of ?J?er fHainstp. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SL’OTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE and SPOTTISWOODE, E ast H arding Street, F leet S treet, E.C., ami 32, A bingdon Street, W estminster, S.W .; or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, H anover Street, E dinburgh, aud 90, W est N ile Street, G lasg ow ; or HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., L imited, 104, G rafton Street, D ublin. 1891, [C .— 7263.] 10/7. W CONTENTS. Page W arrant of A ppointment - -.4 Report -------- .... 5 The Methods of identifying Habitual Criminals now in use in England :— The Habitual Criminals Registry -------- G Identification by the Metropolitan Police - - - - - - 8 Identification by County and Borough Police - - - - - -11 Inadequacy of the existing Methods of Identification :— Mistakes in Identification - - - - - - - - - 1 3 Failures to identify old offenders - - - - - - - - 1 5 Labour involved in the present system - - - - - - - 1 8 The Bertillon System of Identification - - - - - - - - 1 9 The Finger Print System of Identification ------- 25 Ans wers to the special questions put in th^ warrant of appointment :— I.— Can the Bertillon system or the Finier-print system be adopted with advantage in England t ---------- 28 II — Should any new method proposed be in substitution for the existing methods or supplementary thereto ? - - - - - - - - 3 0 III. — What means should be adopted fo r putting in practice any new method o f identification recommended ? - - - - - - - - 31 IV. — What rules should be made under section 8 o f the Penal Servitude A ct, 1891 ? - 35 List of W itnesses examined - -- -- -- -- 37 M inutes of E vidence 38 A ppendix A. : — 1. Circular of 6th November 1893, and abstract of replies thereto - * . 68 2. Circular of 13th November 1893, and abstract of replies thereto - - - - 70 A ppendix B .— Table showing the proportion of the prisoners tried in London and in certain counties and boroughs in respect of whom previous convictions were entered in the Prison Calendars - 72 A ppend ix C.— Specimen Route-form ---------73 A p p e n d ix I).— Note on the adoption of the Bertillon method in foreign countries - - - 74 A ppen d ix E .— Instructions for taking the measurements of prisoners, and for noting their distinctive marks ------------ 76 A p p e n d ix F .— Instructions for taking finger-prints -------79 A ppen d ix G .— Memorandum as to the reading of fing<*r-print formulne - - - - 80 A ppen d ix H .— Account of a mechanical contrivance invented l>y Mr. Francis Gabon to check the sorting of the cards in the Bertillon cabinet - - - - - - 8 1 (aHH t tUA iu*\ dv'/Wf . / A . 4{( j\ J L l<M i/iAt./Tl' i p K ''HA lAHA A. 'HlAj / „ /*■ n'f tr({.