Alphonse Bertillon is linked to the development of forensic science. The history of criminology itself has evolved since the very beginning of its development, since the end of the 19th century. The development of criminology is a distinct process and sometimes a very diverse historical process, which was made up of persons, founders, personalities of the nowadays independent discipline, criminology. This short treatise aims to describe the personality of Alphonse Bertillon, especially with a focus on the contribution to criminology. Describe the origin of his identification method and point out some shortcomings and problems in the identification of anthropometry.