by Dr Angela Buckley | Jul 20, 2020 | French crime history
Dubbed the father of crime detection, and the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, French criminal-turned-thief-taker, Eugène-François Vidocq established the world’s first police detective department in Paris, in 1812. He is alleged to have pioneered many investigative...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Feb 13, 2019 | French crime history
One of my favourite crime history heroes is Alphonse Bertillon, the French criminologist who began as a humble clerk and ended up developing a system for identifying criminals that was used worldwide. Alphonse Bertillon was born in Paris on 22 April 1853. Despite his...
